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Date:	Wed, 18 Feb 2004 19:16:44 PST8
From:	Sheridan George <s-geo@usa.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: OT: url in an Email

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waynec@linkline.com wrote:
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>

google, I came across some coding for hyperlinks that goes like this:
> Yahoo">http://www.yahoo.com">Yahoo
> Where the hyperlink becomes the word "Yahoo" (underlined), which when
> clicked takes you to http://www.yahoo.com. Unfortunately, this html
> coding does not seem to work when used within text in an email, it
> simply shows up verbatim in the sent email as a line of text.
>

As you discovered the web page anchor () tag lets you do what you want. E-mails don't use HTML
anchors. The browser simply looks for the http:// prefix and treats what follows (up to the first
blank or new line) as an active link. What you want to do can't be done in an e-mail AFAIK.

Sheridan

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