Hi Nello,
I personally don't use M$ mail clients if at all possible.
However, this looks suspiciously like it might be some sort of
auto-correction option.
Regards,
Bevan
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> A Friday Puzzle
>
> M$ mail clients (like OE and Outlook) have this obnoxious
> behaviour where if you give them message text that looks
> like this:
>
> //my Delphi comment
>
> they insist on changing it into this:
>
> file://my Delphi comment
>
> (and highlighting it like a hyperlink).
>
> If you are using one of these clients now, the two sample lines
> above may even look the same to you (both starting with "file:")
> But if you examine the "raw text" of the message you will see
> that the two lines are in fact NOT the same - the first starts
> with "double slash".
>
> This is annoying when sending code snips or commentary about
> them. In mail to the less aware I've even had replies come
> back asking why "nothing happens when I click the 'link' in
> your message".
>
> If i type the text (and remember to do it) i can workaround
> this with a blank after the slashes // like this
> But still remaining is the problem of incoming code with comments
> and no workaround blank that display incorrectly (and cut/paste
> incorrectly) etc.
>
> Does anyone have a clean fix for this (other than the obvious
> switch to a smarter mail client)? A registry hack or config option
> I've overlooked?
>
> i hope this isn't too far off topic. surely i'm not the only
> one discussing delphi code in emails.
>
> thanks
>
> -ns
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