David,
You're forgetting that, for many of us, the average customer is just not very
sophisticated.
I can cut and paste without difficulty, but some of my customers have trouble
understanding the concept.
I won't argue the "good mail program" vs. "bad mail program" because it isn't
relevant: regardless of your definition, or mine, customers are using mail
programs that don't handle this issue well.
While it is an easy thing to take the two-part URL and put it back together,
it is simply beyond the ability of some customers -- but those customers are
still customers.
-- Lynn
-----Original Message-----
From: David Denney
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 11:33 AM
To: Lynn W. Taylor
Cc: Ken; dev-list
Subject: RE: [Fwd: FW: Transfer Request for artonsite.com]
On Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 11:29:34AM -0700, Lynn W. Taylor wrote:
> I'm sorry, but this is an over-generalization.
If you are using a non-HTML mail program,
then you should be able to cut&paste with ease,
regardless of how long it is, or how many lines its on.
> If the URL is long enough, both of the systems I use will break it awkwardly
> -- anchor tag or not.
Get a better mail program then.
> I suspect this is true for any mail system that does not support
> HTML-formatted mail (i.e. any mail system which can be exploited through
> HTML).
Nope. Real Mail Programs(TM) dont break lines.
> The only real solution is probably to just keep the URL under 60 characters
> at all times, and always put it on a line by itself.
For you maybe. I'v not had any problems, nor complaints.
> -- Lynn
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