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Re: URLs in posts (was Re: Misc LEGO elements for sale or trade
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Date: 
Fri, 4 Dec 1998 11:46:03 GMT
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On Fri, 4 Dec 1998 09:15:13 GMT, Fredrik Glöckner
<fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote:

"Linc Smith" <ldsmith@pfc.forestry.ca> writes:

Fredrik Glöckner wrote in message ...
                                                                 so this
URL should be clickable: <URL:http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/
rfc1738.html>.  Dunno if it works, though.

It doesn't.  Comments form others would be good.  Although I always like a
sample size of one (if the sample includes me) it is not very scientific.

It works for me (Gnus), but it fails to work when it has been quoted, so
it's probably not a good idea, anyway.

A)  <URL:http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1738.html>

B) http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1738.html

C) <http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1738.html>

I'd say a browser not capable of understanding A is not RFC 1738
compliant, and should be fixed.  However, I normally write URLs on a
separate line, so I might as well use B, which seems to be the most
widely useable.

I'm using Free Agent 1.0, which just doesn't recognize clickable URLs
- that's only for the commercial version :(.

So, I kinda like to have B), for easy cut& paste capabilities.

As a bottom line, I'd like to say: Whichever you choose, at least
include the "http://" part!  :-)
And what about other tags? I could very well want to point you to

telnet://cshadow.net:4000

, for example.

Jasper



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(...) It works for me (Gnus), but it fails to work when it has been quoted, so it's probably not a good idea, anyway. (...) I'd say a browser not capable of understanding A is not RFC 1738 compliant, and should be fixed. However, I normally write (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.publish)

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