On Dec 21, 2007, at 12:07 PM, Edward Jaffe wrote:
I've done some experimentation -- without claim that it has been
100% exhaustive -- using my email client (Thunderbird) and I find
there are no problems with long URLs being wrapped, even in plain
text messages!
I have seen others successfully posting very long URLs to IBM-MAIN
as well. For example:
http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0711&L=ibm-main&P=R2151&I=1&X=-
http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0710&L=ibm-main&P=R38347&I=1&X=-
http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0712&L=ibm-main&P=R22222&I=1&X=-
These long URLs -- fully maintained as such in the LISTSERV
archives -- appear in my email client starting at the left edge of
the window with the right-most portion of the URL extending beyond
the right edge of the window as necessary, requiring scroll bar
movement only if one desires to actually inspect the entire URL.
Clicking on a long URL, in an email received from the LISTSERV or
directly from an individual, starts my browser (Firefox) and
positions me to the intended web page as expected.
Based on this research, I don't believe there is an issue here.
Long URLs are fully supported in plain text messages by both email
clients and by the LISTSERV. There is no need for so-called "tiny"
URLs.
The list participants, using email clients that "break" long URLs,
should upgrade to a newer version of their client or, in the
absence of a newer client with acceptable functionality, change to
an email client without this problem. (Most of them are free!)
If we're lucky, the resultant upgrades will also solve some of the
nagging issues with people stubbornly using email clients on this
list that don't properly support RFC 2646 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/
rfc2646.txt) for quoting posts.
--
Edward E Jaffe
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Ed, I agree with your entry. I am puzzled though. I believe the last
time we went through this discussion that if the sender puts the
"<" (beginning and a ">" at the end everything should work. Was that
not true or only in some cases?
I thought I had followed that advice when I posted the long URL.
My apologies to the group if I did not. I did go into my sent email
box and the left and right "<>" signs were there (when it left here).
Ed G.
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