[thelist] Links in email

[Mark Groen]

> <a href="http://www.desmoinesmetro.com">Linking phrase here</a>
>
> but all that's displaying in the received email is the code, no matter
> which format I am in. Can someone just explain how this might work and
> any caveats that come with it?
>
Easiest way I've found to create links like that is to use the HTML email
setting and Outlook Express. The basics:

1. Start a new email message.
2. Click on "View" and make sure "Source Edit" is checked. You should get 3
tabs on the bottom saying: Edit, Source, Preview.
3. Create your message using the Edit tab.
4. Click on the Source tab and manually go in and add your <a
href="somefileorURL"></a> tags to the line of type you want to be a link.

That's all there is to it. It's a good idea while you are in the Source mode to
have a look at the code that is generated and it will explain a lot about how
easy it is to slip some malicious code into HTML email and why HTML email
is not a good thing, except for the people that create crap like Mr. Klez of
course. To find out about what MIME types are about and what else is
behind an email, take any email sent to you in OE, and right click on the
 From/Subject/Recieved line. Click on Properties, then Details, then Message
Source and you will see the "raw" message as a server sees it.

HTH!
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