diff --git a/mailnews/base/src/nsMsgAppCore.cpp b/mailnews/base/src/nsMsgAppCore.cpp
index 59b02432be6..e98d3888703 100644
--- a/mailnews/base/src/nsMsgAppCore.cpp
+++ b/mailnews/base/src/nsMsgAppCore.cpp
@@ -546,6 +546,9 @@ nsMsgAppCore::OpenURL(const char * url)
 {
 	if (url)
 	{
+#ifdef DEBUG_sspitzer
+		printf("nsMsgAppCore::OpenURL(%s)\n",url);
+#endif    
 		nsIMsgMessageService * messageService = nsnull;
 		nsresult rv = GetMessageServiceFromURI(url, &messageService);