Date:         Wed, 26 May 2004 14:14:39 -0400
Reply-To:     Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
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From:         Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
Subject:      Re: [NVC] Signature tutorial: Making a clickable URL
Comments: To: don spence <dspence@OANET.COM>
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         Gnarlie is correct, putting the "http://" in front and the "/" on
the end makes it a *complete* URL, which can be handled by *any* browser or
e-mail app. on *any* platform.

         *Some* applications (like outlook express) can handle incomplete
URLs, but *not all* are smart enough to handle them... If you want your
URLs to work for everybody, you should make them complete, whether they are
in the body of your e-mail, in your e-mail signature, or links on a web
page you are designing. Completeness counts!

Tim

At 11:25 AM 5/26/2004 -0600, 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.