Comments for How do I post a long link in email?

Comment from Fun Dreamz on 2008-07-14

2008-07-14T15:50:54Z

I have been using tinyurl & snipurl for a long time and happy with the result. The only issue is that the url is difficult to remeber.

Few months back I came accross another website that offers free service like snipurl with customisation i.e. user can put his own words instead of using random characters used by snipurl.

Unfortunately I am unable to recollect the website name. If anyone know about it then please let me know.

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Comment from TimR on 2008-05-21

2008-05-21T08:08:02Z

Another alternative I use is to copy the link and insert it as a Hyperlink in my Outook 2003

1. open Outlook 2xxx or any email program* that uses Hyperlinks (* please note that some programs cant use the long links embedded under titles like Outlook Express)

2. make a new email message
3. copy the long link
4. (in Outlook) "Insert" > "Hyperlink"
5. insert long link in the address field
6. Type a short title in the "test to display" field
7. click ok and send your email as usual :)

TimR

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Comment from Kerry Lund on 2008-05-20

2008-05-20T21:39:58Z

My email client, Eudora, tells me to place around the address. I place That makes it one word. This also usually makes it a link.

This may not work with a web based mail or any other mail client

Kerry

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Comment from Bhavani.S on 2008-05-14

2008-05-14T13:43:40Z

Thank you so much for the detail explanation for the lonk web link gettting broken and not working when clicked in email.
Along with copying and pasting tinyurl we can also inform the customer by giving a note and telling him that the web link would be longer when not converted it to tinu url.

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Comment from Carl R. Goodwin on 2008-05-13

2008-05-14T01:55:01Z

I use a Firefox Extension called "Send Link". Works great - ALL THE TIME!

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Comment from Arthur on 2008-05-13

2008-05-13T23:57:59Z

For me this article was an eye-opener! It explains why some of my e-mail recipients can open a long newspaper link while other recipients cannot do so. Even better, the article explains the PURPOSE of tinyurl. I had seen references to tinyurl but I couldn't figure out the value of it. I just visited tinyurl.com and it works well. Live and learn....

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