That's a good idea, Dan -- to ask AOL users to encourage AOL to "get with the program". You might also draft a nice, friendly note to AOL's support outlining the problem and see what their response is.
Rodney (in Hayama, Japan) At 14:30 -0500 2001/12/04 in LowEndMac List Digest #188, LowEndMac List wrote: >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Subject: FAQ update >Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 16:57:58 -0500 >From: Dan Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >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 <-- > > >------------------------------ -- The LowEndMac list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> LowEndMac list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/lowendmac.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/lowendmac%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
