Diane Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 5/1/08 12:04 AM: > I changed the examples. See if these are better. > > <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2007/07/links_for_aol_users.html>
Looks good, thanks. I checked the page to which it links... "Insert URLs into a message" <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2007/07/insert_urls_into_a_message.html> ...and while it has an interesting discussion, it also makes a fundamental error in language with the use of the word "brackets." The discussion refers to the use of "brackets" when it should be referring to "chevrons" or so-called "angle brackets". [Example of an opening and closing bracket] [ ] <Example of an opening and closing chevron> < > <Example of an opening and closing angle bracket> < > -quote- Enclose the URL with brackets viz: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> .... Enclosing URL in brackets: Leonard Rosenthal explains, "technically, brackets are part of the URL format specification (RFC 1738) and are used to differentiate URL's from other things around them." And, "the <>'s help the mail client (or whatever) to find the true start & end of the URL .... -end quote- If one follows the article's link to RFC 1783... <http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1738.html> ...RFC 1783 makes a clear distinction between brackets [ ] and angle brackets < >. I don't know when it became fashionable to call a "chevron" an "angle bracket", but the characters < and > are certainly not "brackets". I know the criticism might seem pedantic, but when an article is teaching pedantry (such as "the proper syntax for forming a URL in email to be read by an AOL email client"), language is important. It's like all those folks who find it fashionable to call a "slash" a "backslash". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Roger S. Cohen, President, Cohen International [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rogercohen.com Voice: +1 (845) 358-8936 Fax: +1 (845) 358-8937 -- 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/>
