[pmmail-list] Missing URLs

Ralph Cohen pmmail-list@blueprintsoftwareworks.com
Fri, 04 Jan 2002 17:56:30 -0500 (EST)


On Thu, 03 Jan 2002 11:51:11 -0500 (EST), Carl Gehr wrote:

>Occasionally I will receive a message from someone [or via some
>'Newsletters'] that have a line similar to:
>
>	Click Here:  ...Interesting link...
>
>but there is no 'link' to click on.  On the other hand, a lot of
>similar messages actually contain the URL in place of the text or in
>addition to the text.
>
>Is this a problem with the sender's message format, or is it a problem
>with the way PMMail/2 handles such messages?  

Yes.<g>  The link is part of an HTML message so PMMail strips the
actual address out and all you get is the tag for the address, i.e.
"Click Here:  ...Interesting link...".  If you were to view the message
in your browser, you would then be able to click on the link.

Ralph

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