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URL links in birding-aus posts

To: Peter Shute <>, 'Greg Roberts' <>, "" <>
Subject: URL links in birding-aus posts
From: Peter Shute <>
Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 10:53:07 +1000
That's odd, for me they all worked except the last one, which is intact, but 
not showing as a clickable link in Outlook. Perhaps the answer is to compose 
the email in Plain Text format.

Peter Shute 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Shute 
> Sent: Friday, 10 May 2013 10:50 AM
> To: Peter Shute; 'Greg Roberts'; 
> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] URL links in birding-aus posts
> 
> It would help if I formatted the URL the right way. Here they 
> are again:
> 
> http://www.dsdfsadfsdafsdfsadfsdfsdsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfssdfsd
> afsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdafsdfsdfsdafdsfsadfsadfsadfsadfsadfsdfsdfsd
> fsdfsadfdsfsdfsda.com/dsfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdf.html
> 
> <http://www.dsdfsadfsdafsdfsadfsdfsdsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfssdfs
> dafsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdafsdfsdfsdafdsfsadfsadfsadfsadfsadfsdfsdfs
> dfsdfsadfdsfsdfsda.com/dsfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdf.html>
> 
> <url://http:www.dsdfsadfsdafsdfsadfsdfsdsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfs
> sdfsdafsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdafsdfsdfsdafdsfsadfsadfsadfsadfsadfsdf
> sdfsdfsdfsadfdsfsdfsda.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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