[thelist] Managing URL wrap in email

[Administrative HQ]

We've had this problem a lot.

The best advice is what everyone has been saying about
shortening the link. To accomplish this, we have
shortened file names, relocated files to shorten the
path, etc.

Also, if you're able to set the link in a smaller
font, that can do it...it doesn't need to be easily
readable...just clickable.


--- Anthony Baratta <Anthony at Baratta.com> wrote:
> At 01:24 PM 9/4/2003, John Corry wrote:
> 
> >What can I do to ensure this is universally (or
> nearly universally) usable
> >by everyone? My target audience is pretty internet
> illiterate, asking them
> >to copy/paste the URL into a text editor to remove
> line breaks then paste
> >into address bar would be like speaking a foreign
> language to most of them.
> 
> The best-est answers is to shorten the link up as
> much as you can.
> 
> Move the php script to root and use a GUID like
> parameter.
> 
>          /maillist.php?User=93848rjrur84738
> 
> Obviously you'll need to match up the GUID with a
> user record. If you 
> already have a DB backend this shouldn't be that
> much extra work.
> 
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