Re: [Vintage Macs]Opening broken URLs and preventing them from breaking in the first place.

2004-07-24 Thread R. A. Cantrell 
on 7/24/04 6:58 AM, Marcelus G. Zalotti at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Another alternative is to use 
> 
> ;-)
I use it and it seems to be dependable.
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Re: [Vintage Macs]Opening broken URLs and preventing them from breaking in the first place.

2004-07-24 Thread Jamie Kahn Genet 
Marcelus G. Zalotti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> on 24/07/2004 08:43, Jamie Kahn Genet at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> > Randall Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> >> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=25449&item=51093
> >> 13968 &rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
> >> 
> >> (sorry if it word wraps)
> > [snip]
> > 
> > You can select the entire broken URL and then command click it in most
> > email programs.
> > 
> > Also wrapping that breaks URLs can be fixed by the writer enclosing them
> > in arrow brackets (exact term suddenly escapes me, help?) like so -
> >  > 13968&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW>.
> 
> Another alternative is to use 
> 
> ;-)

Oh yeah, good idea :-)

Still, I have to wonder how long tinyURLs will last. I wouldn't like to
be checking back through months or even years old messages for
something, only to discover a now nonfunctional tinyURL instead.

But tinyURL is definitely good for short lived news items and other
pages with a short shelf life.

Regards,
 Jamie Kahn Genet
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Re: [Vintage Macs]Opening broken URLs and preventing them from breaking in the first place.

2004-07-24 Thread Marcelus G. Zalotti 
on 24/07/2004 08:43, Jamie Kahn Genet at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Randall Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=25449&item=5109313968
>> &rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
>> 
>> (sorry if it word wraps)
> [snip]
> 
> You can select the entire broken URL and then command click it in most
> email programs.
> 
> Also wrapping that breaks URLs can be fixed by the writer enclosing them
> in arrow brackets (exact term suddenly escapes me, help?) like so -
>  13968&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW>.

Another alternative is to use 

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