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

Comment from Leslie Smith on 2011-05-10

2011-05-10T20:14:02Z

These steps work with IE9 and Windows Live Mail.
On the web page you wish to send a link for, click the down arrow next to the page icon then click the "Send link by e-mail" the default Windows Live Mail opens on the send window The subject is the web page information. In the body of the E-mail. Now place the cursor at the end line for the web page URL and press "ENTER" The link now changes to HTML. This works with as many lines as the web page URL addres requires.
Enter the send to, and send.
The E-mail recipent, simply clicks on the HTML link in the body of the recieved E-mail.
No copying or pasting and it works.

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Comment from bill F on 2011-05-10

2011-05-10T16:27:30Z

If I have a long URL, I send the message with HTML encoding on. It then sends each paragraph as one long line that resizes to fit the screen and doesn't add line feeds to break up the URL.

That's "OK", but it actually doesn't work on many recipient email programs and systems.

10-May-2011

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Comment from Marc on 2009-09-16

2009-09-16T08:54:48Z

I have another URL shortener named lost.in: http://lost.in

I hope you like it!

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Comment from Ernie on 2009-08-12

2009-08-13T04:47:54Z

At work we can only use Outlook in text format.
We had the same problem with long URLs. They recently did something "magic" (I assume added a patch). Long URLs now work. But even the IT people I know have no clue what they did.

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Comment from Fun Dreamz on 2008-07-14

2008-07-14T14:50:54Z

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

2008-05-21T07:08:02Z

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

2008-05-20T20:39:58Z

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

2008-05-14T12:43:40Z

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

2008-05-14T00:55:01Z

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

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Comment from Arthur on 2008-05-13

2008-05-13T22:57:59Z

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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