The first two worked ok again for me, whereas in your original message it was
split. So I think it's to do with how the message is being created. Which
program are you using, and do you have an option to use Plain Text format?
Peter Shute
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of
> Peter Shute
> Sent: Friday, 10 May 2013 10:58 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] URL links in birding-aus posts
>
> Trying again with the URL from your earlier post:
>
> http://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/masked-owl-a
> t-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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