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Date:   Wed, 26 May 2004 15:41:10 -0600
Reply-To:   Gnarlodious <gnarlodious@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:   Gnarlodious <gnarlodious@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:   Re: [NVC] Signature tutorial: Making a clickable URL
In-Reply-To:   <55907DE2-AF50-11D8-9D68-00039358121A@sfu.ca>
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I thought it was a joke and didn't plan on responding, but there wasn't any Outlook for OSX.

So either Don Spence is running OS 9 or tossing us a red herring.

-- Gnarlie

Entity Tobin Copley spoke thus:

> Erm, but if you're running a Mac, why in the gods' names would you run > *Outlook*? Isn't that like taking your vanagon and de-tuning and > softening the suspension so that it steers and rides just like a big > American van conversion boat? > > ;-) > > T. > (Waiting to hear from enraged people on the list who have done > precisely that...) > > On May 26, 2004, at 10:25 AM, don spence wrote: > >> Sorry Gnarlie >> Not true re Macintosh, at least in Outlook Express for Mac under OS 10. >> Both "links" work as typed. As does WWW.roadhaus.com and >> www.roadhaus.com. >> On Wednesday, May 26, 2004, at 08:06 AM, Automatic digest processor >> wrote: >> >>> This is not even a web address: >>> WWW.RoadHaus.com >>> >>> but this is: >>> http://RoadHaus.com/ >>> >>> If you put a URL in your signature pleeeeze! Make it clickable in ALL >>> email >>> applications by pasting an http:// prefix to the domain. >>> Since it is not standards compliant, the 'www' prefix will not work in >>> Mac >>> or Linux but only in Microsoft's Outlook Express for Windows. >>> >>> In OE Win, the clickability is set by the '.com' suffix so any format >>> will >>> work, but all we see is plain text. You'll get more hits if it's >>> clickable. >>


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