[FARC] Hyperlinks Not Working?

[Joseph M. Durnal]

Also, sending messages in plain text helps as the reflector strips
HTML codes, which could leave you with a blank message.  Many mail
programs can recognize a URL in a plain text message and make it a
hyperlink.

J

On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Bob Moroney <windbrkr at erols.com> wrote:
> Kirk,
>
> I don't think the reflector has anything against hyperlinks as such.
> Their software may filter *certain* links that are on some spam list or
> otherwise deemed objectionable by whoever set it up, but in general,
> hyperlinks can get through unscathed.
>
> The surest way for anyone wanting to post a hyperlink to the list is to
> simply type in the link, starting with the usual  http://etc.  Of
> course, some links are very long and gibberish-like, and if you commit a
> typo, the link won't be any good to anyone either.
>
> So if you prefer or are forced to do a copy-and-paste, be careful to
> copy only the link, and not a bunch of HTML with the link buried in it
> somewhere.  The reflector software *does* reject a lot of (but not all)
> HTML.
>
> Check to see if your browser and email programs support a right-click on
> a link to do a "copy link location" (or words to that effect).  This
> approach copies only the link to the Windows clipboard, dropping off any
> extraneous HTML, and allows you to paste the link only into an email to
> the FARC reflector.  This should work (most of the time).
>
> 73, Bob K9CMR
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Kirk Talbott wrote:
>> Bob, why do Internet hyperlinks not work on the FARC e-mail reflector?
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