Hello, fellow Bat-lovers.
On Wednesday, January 12, 2000, 3:51:04 PM, Angel wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 12, 2000 at 14:42:55 ,Keith scribbled:
KR>> Is there really any good reason for including the "mailto," since,
KR>> as far as I can tell, most email clients will recognize an email
KR>> address without the prefix?
> I may not have the correct answer, but I don't use the mailto: in my TBUDL-list
>templates
> simply because I know the readers will be using TB! (or they should be LOL)
But, Angel, you don't have either in this message, either!
> But when
> writing email using my "regular" template, I use mailto: as well as
> <a href="[EMAIL PROTECTED]">Angel</A>
> simply because some people I write to users who use various email clients, such as
>AOL..
> which isn't configured for a clickable link such as [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
> (At least thats what I heard) I implement the same theory when typing URLs.
Actually, I just sent a message to an AOL address and included both
email link formats; neither one was highlighted. So I think I'd choose
the simpler form in that case, too.
Unless someone points me to some email clients that recognize only the
"mailto:" format, I plan to stop using it.
Thanks for the reply.
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Keith Russell
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