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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