I think that tinyurl and its competitors are spawn of Beelzebub for security and other reasons. One of my clients is cleaning up after a Trojan attack using Tinyurl, for one.
Be that as it may, I don't want to spoil all the fun, so a request>
For the sake of those of us who actually want to know where the hell a link is going to direct our browser, could you _also_ pop the original link in your message, too?
If you worry that links will break, here's how to prevent that:
First don't use HTML (rich text -- anything that allows you to use bold, underlines, italics, etc. In other words. Doug has asked that everyone can the HTML)
Second, place chevrons < > around your link to keep it from breaking. Like Dougdaddy does. See his e-mail for ref.
If the issue is aesthetic, well, hey, put it in the wind, dawgz. :p
(Anyone know what Kevin Gilbertson is hoping for his tinyurl.com service? Just a good hearted soul or an aspiring dot.bomb? Just curious.)
Also, if you want to remove >'s and assorted junk from forwarded e-mail, go here: http://www.interpactinc.com/DeGarbleIt.html
It was created by our own Mark McEahern.
download it to your machine and you can bring it up whenever you'd like, without having to bookmark it or be on line.
You can also create a Macro in Word, like so:
Instructions for creating a Word 97 macro:
1. Select the macro text below, between the Sub fixmail and End Sub lines and copy it
to the clipboard by pressing Ctrl C 2. Select Tools, Macro, Macros 3. Type fixmail in the Macro name field of the Macros dialog box, then click Create. 4. Press <Ctrl>-V to paste the macro text into the macro editor. 5. Select File, Save Normal, then File, Close and File, Return to Microsoft Word.
Sub fixmail()
dowhat = wdFindStop
If Selection.Type = wdSelectionIP Then
Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
dowhat = wdFindContinue
End If
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = "^p"
.Replacement.Text = "@@@"
.Forward = True
.Wrap = dowhat
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
With Selection.Find
.Text = "@@@@@@"
.Replacement.Text = "^p^p"
.Forward = True
.Wrap = dowhat
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
With Selection.Find
.Text = "@@@"
.Replacement.Text = " "
.Forward = True
.Wrap = dowhat
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End Sub
Instruction for creating a Word 6 and 7 macro:
1. Select the macro text below, between the Sub Main and End Sub lines and copy
it to the clipboard by pressing <Ctrl>-C 2. Select Tools, Macro, 3. Type fixmail in the Macro Name field of the Macro dialog box, and click Create. 4. Press <Ctrl>-V to paste the macro text into the macro. 5. Select File, Close and click Yes when prompted to save the changes in the macro.
Sub MAIN
dowhat = 1 If SelType() = 2 Then
dowhat = 0 End If
EditReplace .Find = "^p", .Replace = "@@@", .Direction = 0, .ReplaceAll, .Wrap = dowhat EditReplace .Find = "@@@@@@", .Replace = "^p^p", .Direction = 0, .ReplaceAll, .Wrap = dowhat EditReplace .Find = "@@@", .Replace = " ", .Direction = 0, .ReplaceAll, .Wrap = dowhat
End Sub
Dicky :*