[Fmpro] Broken Links

[James Ryan]

OK, this is embarrassing.  I just got this back and the link didn't  
work.  WTF??  My own Mac Mail app stripped it!!!  Did it work for  
anyone else?  I'll get back to you when I find the solution.  For the  
record, I did not put any brackets in the link in the dialog.  Maybe I  
should have.  Let's try it with one word:

Link

Let's see if that works.

Sigh,
James

On Apr 4, 2008, at 3:20 PM, James Ryan wrote:

> Hi JB,
> Thanks.  I got this info from a techie on another list.  It does
> appear to work. For followup, I tried another method where you assign
> a link to a phrase. In Outlook on a PC, you highlight and right click
> on the phrase and you'll find a menu item for assigning a link to it.
> Follow the dialog, type in your link, and Interestingly, the word or
> phrase gets underlined and the link follows it with, yes, you guessed
> it, the brackets <  > before and after the actual link.   Apparently
> Microsoft believes it's a good idea to place those brackets to avoid
> link chopping.  On a mac in the Mail app, it's even better. You just
> right or control click on a highlighted word or phrase and select  
> Link/
> add.   A window will appear into which you can type in or paste a
> sixteen foot link if you like, and it will be imbedded in the word/
> phrase as a hyperlink.  Very slick.  Here's one to demonstrate.  You
> see these in many professional/advertising emails:
>
> Mark Northam's Way Cool Website
>
> Click it.  It works.  Much more elegant that typing out a huge link
> into an email, and much easier to read and immediately understand.
>
> Best,
> James
>
> On Apr 4, 2008, at 2:54 PM, bipcress at comcast.net wrote:
>
>> Thanks James. I, for one, can use all the help I can get
>> understanding these
>> damn machines. I have a PC, but all my friends tell me that Macs are
>> easier
>> for artsy-fartsy types like me to use. - JB
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "James Ryan" <jeryan at optonline.net>
>> To: <fmpro at nxport.com>
>> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 9:48 AM
>> Subject: [Fmpro] Broken Links
>>
>>
>>> For those posting links to other sites and information, there is a
>>> trick to keep your link from getting chopped up by internet gates  
>>> and
>>> funky email servers.  Simply put the < > brackets before and after
>>> the
>>> link and it will be protected.  Here are two examples:
>>>
>>> Bad form.  This link will very likely get broken:
>>>
>>> http://www.sweetwater.com/products/goodproducts/badproducts/ripoffs/progear/amateurgear/firstgear/pamelaanderson/dogfood/onandonandonandonandonandon/fmpr.htm
>>>
>>> Good form.  This one is protected by the brackets that tell the
>>> routers, leave me alone:
>>>
>>> <http://www.sweetwater.com/products/goodproducts/badproducts/ripoffs/progear/amateurgear/firstgear/pamelaanderson/dogfood/onandonandonandonandonandon/fmpr.htm
>>>>
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> James
>>>
>>>
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