Re: Use http:// when posting a URL

[George Bynum <gbynum@att.net>]

On 2 Jan 00, Madeline L. Buchanan wrote:

> When including a URL in your post, please use the http:// in front
> of the URL so it will show up as a link.  Then your reader can
> click on it and go directly to the site you mentioned.

True with most mail clients ...


> If you don't use the http://, the URL is listed as text rather than
> a link and the reader must then go into the browser and type it in
> manually.

Again, true with most mail clients ... but you can NORMALLY at least
mark|copy|paste and avoid retyping.

My frustration is with the long URLs that wrap across a line ... with
them, I copy to notepad, combine the lines, then copy|paste.

Happy New Year,



George Bynum
(the techy husband of a WONDERFUL media specialist)
member of LM_NET Technical Team, Hospitality Committee

Electrohydraulic Engineering
Greenville SC
gbynum@att.net

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