you could send it as an HTML email. formatting can be kept basic so it does not look unusual but you can then you <A HREF> tags for the links - also allowing you to hide long, ugly URLS.
Most emails I receive these days are in HTML format so I doubt anyone would notice. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dimo Michailov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 4:10 PM Subject: Re: Question about url's in emails > Apparently, Mozilla Mail is not one of them. Your URL below came out > wrapped even wrapped in < & > > > Dimo > > Everett, Al wrote: > > Many mail clients will handle long URLs if you put them in angle brackets: > > > > <http://www.domainnametoolongbyhalf.com?life=death&zen=zen&key=value&user=ab > > user&black=white&abc=123> > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Ben Densmore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 1:50 PM > >>To: CF-Talk > >>Subject: SOT:Question about url's in emails > >> > >> > >> > >>Hi everyone, > >> Recently my boss has been telling me that some customers who > >>we sent an > >>email promotion to have called back and told him that they > >>could not get > >>to the url that we are sending to them in the email, I had > >>one customer > >>forward me the email he sent and I noticed that the url wrapped to the > >>next line and was not clickable at that point. I did some > >>test messages > >>internally and could not reproduce the problem. Has anyone > >>encountered > >>this and come up with a solution? I guess using a shorter url > >>might work > >>but I need to pass some parameters in that url string. > >> > >>Thanks, > >>Ben > >> > >>Ben Densmore > >>Web Developer > >>eSupport.com,Inc. > >>1538 Turnpike St. > >>North Andover, MA 01845 > >> > >>Phone: (978) 686-6468 x333 > >>Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
