I am not an AOL user ! my address for the maclist is [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------- > From: Dan Knight[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 3:57 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: FAQ update > > Have you ever noticed that it's almost always the AOL users who can't > subscribe, can't ask the listmom to subscribe them, and then post to the > list asking to be unsubscribed? Well, there's a reason for it. It's not a > good reason, but it explains the problem. > > Putting URLs and email addresses between greater than and less than signs > - < and > - is a standard as old as the Web. With one exception, every > email client built since the advent of the Web that supports active links > will recognize <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and properly place just the > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" part in the To: field. > > The exception, of course, is AOL. Why? Maybe they don't even know. > Anyhow, I've done some research on the subject, determined that every > email client tested works properly *except for AOL*, and added the > following section to the list FAQ. > > > Why don't the command addresses work properly? > > Short answer: They do -- unless you're using America Online. For some > reason known only to AOL, their email client will read a link like > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and paste everything between the "<" and > the ">" into the address field. Of course it doesn't work, despite the > fact this is an industry standard. > > Sorry, AOL users, you'll just have to remove the "mailto:"; from the > address manually since America Online refuses to follow convention. > > > AOL users, please make a note of this. And if you have the time, please > vent your displeasure at AOL for not following the same system everyone > else uses. > > Dan the listmom > > > Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. > publisher, Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/> > publisher, Low End PC <http://lowendpc.com/> > publisher, Digital-Views.com <http://digital-views.com/> > publisher, Digigraphica <http://digigraphica.com/> > > --> insert clever tagline here <-- > > > -- > LisaList is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Shop buy.com and save. <http://lowendmac.com/ad/buy.com.html> > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > LisaList info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/lisa.html> > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/lisalist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! > <http://www.applelinks.com> >
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