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Re: urls test
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Date: 
Sat, 15 Apr 2000 02:43:06 GMT
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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, and we will look upon
these days and laugh... right? :)

Build On!
John Matthews

Matthew Miller <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message
news:slrn8fecj8.o1.mattdm@jadzia.bu.edu...
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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  Re: urls test
 
(...) Oh really? If I recall correctly (which I may not) someone checked and an earlier version (?) of Outlook recognized <http:...> but broke with <URL:...>. What fun. (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: urls test
 
(...) 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 (URL) doesn't follow its own (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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