On Friday, October 11, 2002, at 11:01 , Donald Keenan wrote: > So the fact that I can click on a hyperlink in these LEM list messages > means that my client (browser-end) is encoding them?
Yes. Most mail clients encode ANY text that follows "http://"; as a hyperlink automatically. > Some folks receive > the messages ans the links don't work (Can I say: aren't active?)? Yes, because some people don't realize that you NEED the "http://"; prefix in a URL in an E-mail if you want it to be clickable. For example, THIS URL should be clickable: http://www.habidabad.com THIS one, for the exact same web page, is NOT clickable: www.habidabad.com Adding the "http://"; signals most E-mail clients to turn the following text up to the next space or enter character into a hyperlink. In fact, the "http://"; ITSELF is probably a hyperlink (blue underlined) on your screen right now, though it doesn't lead anywhere. ;) Also, many E-mail clients look for an "@" sign in a block of text as well and, when they find one, turn it into a mailto: link, like so: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Despite all of the links you've probably seen throughout this message, this message is STILL nothing more than plain vanilla ASCII text. It is your MAIL CLIENT that is "intelligently" looking for text that APPEARS to be a URL or E-mail address and automatically CONVERTING it into links for you. Actually, even PINE, the UNIX text-based E-mail client mentioned earlier, does this, although the web browser that opens when you select such links is a primited text-based browser. And, of course, since PINE is ENTIRELY text-based, you don't use the MOUSE to "click" the links. You select them with the cursor keys. Alternatively, PINE numbers all links as well, so you can jump directly to a particular link by typing in its number while the message/page in question is displayed. John A. Ardelli Owner/Moderator BIFIDA-L: The Original Spina Bifida Discussion List The Crystal Corner - The Original Dark Crystal Discussion List -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:imac-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:imac-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:imac-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
