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Re: use both < and > to avoid split links on the newslist

To: "Blake Discher" <bdischer@blakedischer.com>, "Paul Dorsey" <dorpaul@negia.net>, "triumph list" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: use both < and > to avoid split links on the newslist
From: "Chris Bohn" <cbohn@sidepipe.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 12:44:49 -0800
Cc: <dorpaul@negia.net>
References: <027301c4dcc8$dcc3b5c0$86a33745@default> <6.1.0.6.2.20041209135855.03d4d5e8@mail.blakedischer.com>
Please note that often the problem is not the mail reader, but the mail sender. 
 Outlook and Outlook
Express, for example, by default break and wrap lines at 76 characters if mail 
is configured to be sent as
plain text.  This is often shorter than a URL address, and trumps encasing the 
URL in <> characters.  This
value can be changed in Outlook by going to Tools>Options and then clicking the 
"Send" tab.  Then click on
"Plain Text Settings" and you can up the wrap point higher than 76.

--Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Blake Discher" <bdischer@blakedischer.com>
To: "Paul Dorsey" <dorpaul@negia.net>; "triumph list" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Cc: <dorpaul@negia.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: use both < and > to avoid split links on the newslist


At 08:54 PM 12/7/2004, Paul Dorsey wrote:
>enclose the link within <> marks, like this:
><http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=793902531
>2&category=33710&sspagename=WDVW>

Paul,
You are correct, internet standards conforming mail reader programs will
not break links enclosed in greater-than / less-than symbols.

Best,
Blake Discher, Detroit




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