It would help if I formatted the URL the right way. Here they are again:
http://www.dsdfsadfsdafsdfsadfsdfsdsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfssdfsdafsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdafsdfsdfsdafdsfsadfsadfsadfsadfsadfsdfsdfsdfsdfsadfdsfsdfsda.com/dsfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdf.html
<http://www.dsdfsadfsdafsdfsadfsdfsdsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfssdfsdafsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdafsdfsdfsdafdsfsadfsadfsadfsadfsadfsdfsdfsdfsdfsadfdsfsdfsda.com/dsfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdf.html>
<url://http:www.dsdfsadfsdafsdfsadfsdfsdsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfssdfsdafsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdafsdfsdfsdafdsfsadfsadfsadfsadfsadfsdfsdfsdfsdfsadfdsfsdfsda.com/dsfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdf.html>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of
> Peter Shute
> Sent: Friday, 10 May 2013 10:48 AM
> To: 'Greg Roberts';
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] URL links in birding-aus posts
>
> URL splitting is a common problem even in direct email, let
> along via a list. It's all to do with the length of the URL,
> and the servers the message passes through. Email was never
> designed (I think) for such long strings of unbroken text.
>
> I once read that adding angle brackets ("<" and ">") around
> the URL can help tell servers not to break it, and that also
> adding URL: inside the opening bracket can help where servers
> are still breaking it. I've been meaning to try it, so here's
> a test. This is an invented long URL, first by itself, then
> in angle brackets, then with URL: in angle brackets. Note
> that I'm typing this in plain text format, which might affect things:
>
> http:www.dsdfsadfsdafsdfsadfsdfsdsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfssdfsdaf
> sdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdafsdfsdfsdafdsfsadfsadfsadfsadfsadfsdfsdfsdfs
> dfsadfdsfsdfsda.com/dsfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdf.html
>
> <http:www.dsdfsadfsdafsdfsadfsdfsdsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfssdfsda
> fsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdafsdfsdfsdafdsfsadfsadfsadfsadfsadfsdfsdfsdf
> sdfsadfdsfsdfsda.com/dsfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdf.html>
>
> <url:http:www.dsdfsadfsdafsdfsadfsdfsdsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfssd
> fsdafsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdafsdfsdfsdafdsfsadfsadfsadfsadfsadfsdfsd
> fsdfsdfsadfdsfsdfsda.com/dsfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdf.html>
>
> I those methods still don't work, I think the only reliable
> way is to use a site like tinyurl to provide a shorter URL.
>
> Peter Shute
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> > On Behalf Of Greg
> > Roberts
> > Sent: Friday, 10 May 2013 10:24 AM
> > To:
> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] URL links in birding-aus posts
> >
> > I have a problem regularly with publishing URL links in birding-aus
> > posts.
> >
> >
> >
> > Often I report the most interesting birds seen during an outing, a
> > boat-trip or whatever, and then provide a link to a blog
> post I have
> > published or somewhere else, where further details and
> photographs can
> > be accessed.
> > However, the last bit of the link for the blog post is not
> highlighted
> > in the published birding-aus post. So anyone clicking on it will be
> > taken to the blog home page, where they will have to search for the
> > relevant post. It appears that the blog post link is too long for
> > birding-aus to deal with (although there is nothing
> exceptional about
> > the lengths of these post links).
> >
> >
> >
> > I've emailed Russell a couple of times about this but not had any
> > replies; maybe he has been away. I was wondering if anyone had
> > suggestions about dealing with the problem.
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