As most newsreaders do, way too long.

George

Scott wrote:
> In article >,
> George Shirley > wrote:
>
>
>>Depends on your newsreader Scott. I use Netscape 7.xx and the url's turn
>>up in blue type and you just click them. The brackets aren't really needed.
>
>
> I don't dispute that some newsreaders don't need it; I simply said that
> using "< >" works with ALL newsreaders, rather than just many.
>
> BTW, how does Netscape treat this link:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...22499/sr=8-2/r
> ef=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl14/102-5358893-3277729?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
>
> also as compared to this:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...d=1100922499/s
> r=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl14/102-5358893-3277729?v=glance&s=books&n=5078
> 46
>