>On Friday, October 11, 2002, at 11:01 , Donald Keenan wrote: > >Also, many E-mail clients look for an "@" sign in a block of text as >well and, when they find one, turn it into a mailto: link, like so: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
But more email clients will make it clickable if you put mailto: in front of the address - for example, mailto:gelfling@;syd.eastlink.ca. The mailto: signals the email client in the same way that http:// does for a link. (I know from experience that Eudora 4.x & Netscape 4.x won't recognize it as an email address otherwise.) Of course, then AOL people, for whom (last I heard) only an explicit <A HREF="mailto:xxxx.yyy";> (or <A HREF="http://zzzz.yyy";>) is clickable, will try to send to the address mailto:xxxx.yyy and it will fail because that, in its entirety, isn't a valid address! Anne -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:imac-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:imac-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:imac-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
