working:
71916 - security problem with gopher and arbitary ports
49334 - [RFE] Implement gopher
70269 - file/ftp/gopher urls don't autoopen from bookmarks menu (verify on ship)

Read:
16074 - ftp and gopher not working in m10
13728 - Can't FTP/Gopher (dupe of 16074)
36862  - Clicking on link with unknown protocol causes crash
37780 - gopher urls in html content cause mozilla to crash in necko.dll
40426 - Missing internal images: gopher, news
40047- <chrome://> is reconized as a URL (also <gopher://> <telnet://>)
61167 - nsHTTPChannel::GetURI returns wrong result when proxying
61704  - Gopher Protocol not supported by the browser.(dupe of  49334)
70264 -Add gopher:// urls to winhooks integration
70267 - Implement gopher searches

query results:
 40047- <chrome://> is reconized as a URL (also <gopher://> <telnet://>)
 find:
bug 60421

51016
 

                       extra / on the end of FTP URLs in history.
31586
 

                       Personal FTP URLs are improperly completed with a "/" by the browser
67013
 

                       js changes mean directory listings get wrong context menu
62566
 

                       nsIChannel::AsyncWrite interface needs to be revised
r if it is related to Bug 14560 and Bug 13592 (they appear to be dupes of
each other with different problem).

Previously there was bug 7857 that was marked fixed invalid, but this is a
little different dropping even a short list of files/directories.

whats so secret out about 71916?