> From: Bellwether <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:10:27 -0500 > Subject: Re: Emailing URLs from Firefox > > On 9/21/07 10:48 PM, ARKADY wrote: > >> I made a copy of that scrip and removed >< before and after the links, cause >> I don't think it's needed, plus it could lead to confusion -- be interpreted >> as a Quoted Text, like this: > > The brackets in your example are backwards -- they are < and > before and > after, rather than > <. The < > brackets are an internet protocol that > *most* mail readers interpret as "do not break what's between these, it's a > link, so please keep it clickable even if it breaks across lines" -- some of > course do not play well with others, and breaks those links anyway (Yahoo > groups comes to mind as one that takes liberties and mungs long URLs).
Actually, I will try heading your advice, since some of my long links, Picasa, for example, got broken... I'll try them again, with <> and see if they are RESPECTED as ONELONGWORD... One day, I hope all these standards are UNIFIED so that it's less of a ZOO, ANARCHY, CHAOS... ARKADY website: http://www.arkady.com -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
