Trying again with the URL from your earlier post:
http://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/masked-owl-at-amamoor-sunshine-coast.html
<http://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/masked-owl-at-amamoor-sunshine-coast.html>
<url:http://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/masked-owl-at-amamoor-sunshine-coast.html>
Peter Shute
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Shute
> Sent: Friday, 10 May 2013 10:53 AM
> To: Peter Shute; 'Greg Roberts';
> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] URL links in birding-aus posts
>
> 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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