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Re: [Healeys] Web addresses and Tinyurls

To: Editorgary@aol.com, m.brouillette@comcast.net,
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Web addresses and Tinyurls
From: <tomfelts@windstream.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 10:05:21 -0600
Just curious them---how do you send a very long, wrap around link that you want 
someone to use?

Regards
tom 
---- m.brouillette@comcast.net wrote: 
>   I have to agree with Gary on the use of Tiny Urls.
> 
>   I work as Director of technology for an Internet lead generation firm, and 
>firms like this are attaching little tracking cookies to your browser to feed 
>back information to others on your internet visiting patterns.
> 
>   It helps marketing groups figure out what makes you tick and what sites 
>would be best places to place their ads and what best junk mail or pop up 
>windows to send you.
> 
>   I'm not saying that tinyurl is doing this or something else to you and 
>yours, but talking from experience, it' and unsavory other things aren't that 
>tough to do at a site redirector such as them.
> 
> Mike Brouillette
> Bedford, NH
> 59 BT7
> 
> 
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Editorgary@aol.com
> > In a message dated 12/1/08 3:35:57 AM, healeys-request@autox.team.net 
>writes:
> > 
> > 
> > > Is it REALLY THAT HARD to use www.tinyurl.com , Mark (ALL)???
> > > 
> > > YOUR link gives:
> > > 
> > > Address Not Found
> > > Firefox can't find the server at www.rootsweb.com.
> > > 
> > > Your POSTED Mail ARRIVES AS:
> > > 
> > Ed, we're really happy that you know how to use Tiny URLs, whatever they 
>are. 
> > I still use "Cut and Paste" -- a technology that has served me well since 
> > 1983 -- to insert the actual url into my Firefox request bar since I make 
>it a 
> > hard and fast rule never, ever, to click on a link in an email or use a 
>link 
> > that I can't read directly. TinyURLs are just another lazy short-cut that 
>makes 
> > one vulnerable to linking into a website that looks and acts like the real 
> > thing, but is, in fact, a cybertrap.
> > Cutting and pasting his url as listed worked just fine for me... Maybe you 
> > should examine your connection between your e-mail server and Firefox.
> > Just my two cents.
> > Gary
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