COMP:URLs in Email
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- Subject: COMP:URLs in Email
- From: J* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 00:56:58 -0600 (MDT)
Ev Wolfer wrote:
>
> When I read the worldiris.com URL refrence in Ellen's note, it was in
> that "click-here-to-open" blue and when I double clicked it, wah-la!, the
> site opened automatically and displayed Beuron for me. I was wondering
> how the creator of the note did that. I take it not everyone receives
> this same opening option. (??) I have Netscape 2.something.
>
Ev,
I think most, but especially Netscape, browsers recognize http:// as the
beginning of a URL and highlight it and allow you to click on it. In
your case it is a Netsacape function. Send yourself an email with a URL
that you type into the middle of a sentence and it should show up in the
received mail as the "click-here-to-open" blue. (It also appears that
way if you look at the email in the "Sent Mail" box of your Netscape.
BTW you should upgrade to Netscape 3.0. It is much more trustworthy. You
won't lose any of your files, address books or bookmarks, the installer
takes care of that.
John | "There be dragons here"
| Annotation used by ancient cartographers
| to indicate the edge of the known world.
John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
Fremont CA, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay)
Max high 95F/35C, Min Low 28F/-2C average 10 days each
Heavy clay base for my raised beds.
