Solve the problem of long URLs breaking up in emails
I'm sure you've experienced sending an email to someone (or a group/list) where you offer a URL, and someone receiving it complains "you're link is broken". But the problem is just that their mail program split the line. Here's an easy solution.
No, I'm not going to suggest tinyrul or shrinkster, those are indeed very useful services. No, I've just learned of an approach that doesn't require creating a special URL.
Turns out all you need to do is wrap the URL in angle brackets (as in <myurl>). For most email clients, it seems, this prevents them breaking the URL onto another line. I got this tip from my friend Sean Corfield. Now as I do some googling, I do indeed see others reporting it, so it's not "new news". I've been emailing for nearly 10 years , and have just never seen or heard this before. (Actually, I've been emailing for nearly 25 years, as I started on systems like BITNET and other forms of email when I started in IT in 1982.)
Anyway, you learn something new every day! :-) But that's why I created this blog. Hope it helps you.
I just tried it with Entourage and it doesn't work. :(
Never heard or seen this one before, sounds odd, but worth the try. Thanks