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Re: urls test
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 14 Apr 2000 14:59:52 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.*avoidspam*org
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote:
> I avoid it by composing messages in a text editor which doesn't break words
> across 80-column boundaries. (Or in Netscape Navigator, which doesn't break
> them either.)
There was discussion on this a long time ago, but I don't remember the
result. According to RFC 1738, linebreaks and other whitespace should be ok
in <URL:...> format urls.
Amusingly, the html version of the RFC at
<http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1738.html> doesn't follow its own advice....
Personal note: I've decided that <http:...> is just as good as <URL:...>.
The <URL:...> form ought to be recognized, but so should <http:...>,
<ftp:...>, <news:...>, and <mailto:...>, at least.
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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| Just an observation for Matt: I am using MS Outlook Express 5 and <http:...> does not show up as a link, neither does <ftp:...>. However: <URL:...> <news:...> and mailto:... do show up as links. One day every browser and newsreader will behave well, (...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: urls test
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| (...) I avoid it by composing messages in a text editor which doesn't break words across 80-column boundaries. (Or in Netscape Navigator, which doesn't break them either.) --Todd (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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