[HM] Re: email programs

Debbi Young djy at citynet.net
Sat Apr 17 15:17:16 PDT 2004


on 4/17/04 3:28 PM, TeeGate at TeeGate at comcast.net wrote:

> I always try to use Apple products if they are well made, but
> unfortunately Apple's mail program has a flaw that is unacceptable to
> me. When you send long links to Windows users it truncates them and the
> links are flawed. If you want to feel really embarrassed, send a long
> link to a Windows friend using Mail.app, and the next time you talk to
> them watch them snicker. So I was forced to try a different program, and
> I am now using Thunderbird. It has it flaws, but at least I am the only
> one who sees them.

To eliminate sending long links, you can go to

http://www.tinyurl.com

or

http://www.makeashorterlink.com

Simply copy your long link into their converter and you end up with
something usually about 25 characters long.

This is probably "old news" to a lot of you, but maybe someone will benefit.
And since I'm always asking questions around here, this is one "tiny" way to
give back.

Debbi
WV



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