Re: EMBEDDING URLS IN E-MAIL?

[MacGyver <mlee -at- FDLDOTNET -dot- COM>]

Jane Bergen wrote:
>
> On 14 Jun 97, Paul or Bonnie Bobbitt wrote:
>
> > Can anyone tell me how to embed URLs in the text of e-mail? I am
> > using Netscape Navigator 3.0. I know how to attach, but not how to
> > embed so that the reader can click on the address and be taken to
> > the internet.
> >
> > Thanks.
> > --
> > Bonnie Bobbitt
>
> All you have to do is type it with the standard URL form:
>
> http://www.whatever.com
>
> It's up to the RECIPIENT's mail program to do the translating. Most
> programs now can do this (Pegasus, Outlook, MS Mail, MS Exchange,
> and...I think...Eudora Lite and Eudora Pro). I don't know about
> Netscape mail. So, Bonnie, the bottom line is that you only need to
> supply the address. Beyond that, there is nothing you can do if the
> recipient's program can't read it.

Netscape Mail was one of the first to recognize this.  it is also the
only one that can accept and display an HTML document as an e-mail
message.

>
> Most programs can also now read email addresses: > janeber -at- cyberramp -dot- net -dot- 
>

To have a linked (re: clickable) e-mail address requires the mailto:
before the address as in my sig file.

--
 /`-_      Mac Funkhouser   N9VST      Mailto:mlee -at- fdldotnet -dot- com
 {     }/  Ripon, WI  54971-1561
  \   ./   "Dream as if you'll live forever.
   |___|   Live as if you'll die today"   by James Dean

Anti Spam or Invalid E-mail Addresses in Reply to fields will
recieve NO reply.  No Exceptions..........

 TECHWR-L (Technical Communication) List Information: To send a message
to 2500+ readers, e-mail to TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU -dot-  Send commands
   to LISTSERV -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU (e.g. HELP or SIGNOFF TECHWR-L).
  Search the archives at http://www.documentation.com/  or search and
browse the archives at http://listserv.okstate.edu/archives/techwr-l.html