[LINK] E-mail question

[Tom Worthington]

At 09:59 AM 9/06/2007, Ivan Trundle wrote:
>... if I was to make a reference to a URL ... if it were wrapped 
>like so: < ... > ...

Neither worked in Eudora. Both broke after: thatthisisgoingtowork/

As well as "<" and ">", rfc1738 also mentions the use of "quote 
marks" to delimit URLs <http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1738.html>, thus: 
"http://www.tomw.net.au/icantbelieve/thatthisisgoingtowork/butiminterested/tosee/index.html"

One solution to the problem is to manufacture a short version of the 
long address, using a redirection service, or quote the URL in a web 
page of your own and reference that (which is what I try to do). In 
some cases you can delete parts of long addresses which contain 
unnecessary or duplicated information. Some web addresses contain 
long numeric codes used to track the reader, removing these not only 
shortens the address but aids privacy. Perhaps we need a little 
utility for mail programs or the list software to do this automatically.

ps: I noticed you used my domain name for your test URL. To aid with 
the testing I created a web page at the address to indicate the test 
worked and at each level in the address to say it failed.



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