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Subject:Re: how to activate URLs in email From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- NEXTLEVEL -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 16 Apr 1997 07:24:46 -0800
On Tue, 15 Apr 1997 23:57:41 -0400, Jim Lindsey wrote:
>How do you activate URLs in email, so the recipient can click on them and
>go to a given site?
Well, that depends, since there seems to be no "standard" for email
anymore, what with things like Exchange using Word for a mail editor
and such.
If you're sending to someone using Netscape's built-in mail feature,
you can just enter it in HTML format, ie. <a
href="http://www.my.page.com";>Click here!</a>
With my mailreader, PMMail, I can simply highlight any URL in a
message, right-click it, and select "Explore URL" from the popup menu.
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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