Forwarding long urls don't link act as clickable link.

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greencode

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel
Email Client: pop

When I have long urls sent to me and then I forward them on the link sometimes wraps over onto another line and then only the first line acts as a link (and is therefore an incorrect link) and the second line is just plain text.

Any ideas or help would be very much appreciated.

I'm using 12.1.5 by the way.
 
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Diane Ross

When I have long urls sent to me and then I forward them on the link sometimes
wraps over onto another line and then only the first line acts as a link (and
is therefore an incorrect link) and the second line is just plain text.

Any ideas or help would be very much appreciated.
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URLs should be wrapped in brackets to help with long URLs that break.
Another option is to use TinyUrl.

Create a TinyURL-no more broken links

<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2008/09/create_a_tinyurl.html>

In case the above link does not work:

<http://tinyurl.com/5w78mn>

--
Diane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP
Entourage Help Page <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>
YouTalk <http://tinyurl.com/bzcrjy> <-- Entourage mailing list
Twitter: follow <http://twitter.com/entouragehelp>
 
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Ed Kimball

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel
Email Client: pop

When I have long urls sent to me and then I forward them on the link sometimes
wraps over onto another line and then only the first line acts as a link (and
is therefore an incorrect link) and the second line is just plain text.

Any ideas or help would be very much appreciated.

I'm using 12.1.5 by the way.
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Before forwarding the message, put angle brackets < > around the link, e.g.,
<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2008/01/alternative_method_to_use_entourage_
and_time_machine.html>
That should make the link work even if it breaks across a line.
 
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Diane Ross

Before forwarding the message, put angle brackets < > around the link, e.g.,
<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2008/01/alternative_method_to_use_entourage_
and_time_machine.html>
That should make the link work even if it breaks across a line.
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Except on the Forum. The Forum interface doesn't respect the brackets. Email
applications should respect the brackets.

--
Diane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP
Entourage Help Page <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>
YouTalk <http://tinyurl.com/bzcrjy> <-- Entourage mailing list
Twitter: follow <http://twitter.com/entouragehelp>
 
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greencode

Is this a common issue with Entourage - I use both Apple Mail and Entourage (different machines) and never have this problem with Apple Mail.
 
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Ed Kimball

Except on the Forum. The Forum interface doesn't respect the brackets. Email
applications should respect the brackets.
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Since the OP referred to "Forwarding" I inferred (possibly incorrectly) that
he was using Entourage or another e-mail program.
 
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Diane Ross

Is this a common issue with Entourage - I use both Apple Mail and Entourage
(different machines) and never have this problem with Apple Mail.
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The difference probably lies with how Mail wraps lines.
 
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