on 2/22/03 7:36 PM, Dan Knight at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > vinylrake writes: >> Just as an fyi, I (like you) was under the impression that putting >> beginning and ending < > around a URL forced the mail client to treat >> multi-line URLs as a single character string, but in the email you
> Paul is correct in that when your emailer sends out a lengthy URL > surrounded by < and >, it will remain a single character string. However, > what your email client does with it varies from program to program. Most > follow the industry standard and understand that the whole bit between < > and > is a URL, but some email clients are not so well written. > I use a program called "TinyURL". It takes long strings, even very long strings, and gives you a small URL in its place which routes to the original. I just condensed a 124 character url down to 23. For convenience sake you can keep TinyUrl on your bar. No cost, works well. It's available at http://www.tinyurl.com -- Mike Amato "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far we can go." T.S. Eliot -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Only $199 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; end list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
