[futurebasic] Re: Re: [FB] Just a Test

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From: BMichael@...
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 01:17:58 EST
>I think the clickable URL is important too. You could however, leave out
>the www if you want. That will depend on dns records, but in your case,
>tedd, it looks like your site will take http://sperling.com just fine.

If you want to guarantee that command-click will take you there (from 
just about any OS 8 or better application) put <http://www.sperling.com> 
INCLUDE THE BRACKETS! 'Net-savvy apps will look for http:// - the OS 
itself looks for <>, thus making this doable in many word processors, etc.

>Please leave the html out of your email though!!! IE and Netscape both
>let you generate an HTML email (I think they even default to that
>capability), but I agree with those who think it's bad manners.

Not only that, but it's a quick way to find yourself unsubscribed from 
almost ANY mailing list, most especially this one. If the FB server is 
not set up to automatically reject HTML mail (it should be) it will be 
rejected at my Mac as spam and filed directly in the trash can. Hm. Which 
makes me wonder if I'm not seeing some messages...

Please _don't_ everybody try it. I'll appoint Derek to send ONE message 
in HTML format to the list, since I know he has OS/X and others 
available. If it makes it through, Derek can email me privately and tell 
me it did, in case I just don't see it because of my own edits. Then I 
can ask associate.com to check the settings to make sure no more get 
through. HTML mail is not acceptable, for many, many reasons. Someday it 
will be, I'm sure, but we're not there yet.

Bill