HIT: inserting links in messages

[Brooke Anderson <brookea@CLOVER.NET>]

I had requests for a hit on my question about inserting URL's as links in e-mail.
Thanks to everyone who responded.



When you type a URL and use the whole format - http://www.___.com or whatever, as 
soon
as it is received, it will be a "hot link" - try it - send something to yourself and
you'll see.  It doesn't matter if it was typed in or copied and pasted, as long as 
it
starts with "http".



The magic of Netscape:  once you cut and paste the whole address (with the http://) 
it
is automatically a hot link!


Put http:// in front of it (for a Web page -- there are other conventions for FTP
sites, etc.). For example, http://members.unlimited.net/~kumbach
Only mail readers that understand HTML will recognize them as links, though.


Enclose the URL in <> .   For example <http://www.yahoo.com>


It happens automatically :)  Somehow the Netscape reads anything in the correct form
as an URL and presents it in color as well as being a link. Try sending yourself a
message with the typed URL in it and see if this isn't so.  It does have to have the
whole thing including the beginning, http:, to make it work.


I also use Netscape but am not sure what version.  When I send an email I have the
following boxes above the mail to: line - send, quote, attach, address, and stop.
When I click on attach, I can attach either a URL or a file.  You select which one 
you
want (URL or file), type the URL or file name and click OK.



When you type in the URL it should be in the format  http://www.yahoo.com
by starting with the http netscape recognizes it as a URL and makes it a live link.


It should appear as a link automagically if it is complete, that is,
if it has the http:// at the front.

Note that there are some email clients which don't support this feature, but today
they are few and far between.  Netscape Navigator and Communicator, Microsoft 
Exchange
and Outlook, and Pegasus do for sure.  I believe that Eudora Lite and Pro can be
configured to do so (it is a configuration option in Pegasus)


All you need to do is make sure that you type in the complete URL, including the
http:// part. While you're typing it in, it won't *look* like it's going to be a
clickable link, but when it's sent, it shows up. Another neat trick is making an
e-mail address clickable. All you need to do is type in mailto: followed by your
e-mail address [no spaces], and voila, it will also be clickable.


Just use the formal html formatting and the url will be a link if the recipient has
their email program set up for it. If the url is a web site be sure to start the url
with http://  , if it's a telnet, telnet:// , etc.  Also, it's good to place a space
on either side of the url, otherwise, ending punctuation could disable the address.
For example, this should be active:

http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/    and this one may not work correctly:

(http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/).

While I can't see the links as active while I'm writing the message, you should be
able to, since you're using an email program that allows it.  If Iwere sending this 
to
the list, I would also see active links *after* I got the message.

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Brooke E. Anderson, Library Media Specialist    740-453-0711
Roosevelt Middle School                         brookea@clover.net
1275 Roosevelt Ave
Zanesville Ohio 43701

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