On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 08:39:27 -0500, The Cook wrote
(in article >):

> 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
>
> In Agent the URL's are split. One way I get around this if I want to
> launch it is to "reply" and then remove the line feed and extraneous
> characters.
>

When I have a long URL, I like to use this:

http://tinyurl.com/

You put in the long URL and it transforms it to a tiny one, then you can post
or email that.

Laurel