MAP
February 23rd 04, 02:41 PM
Free Sprit,
I have had the same problem as you (people are unable to
open the link).What I found out is the problem is NOT on
your end. What they (the recipiant) needs to do is double
click on the URL that is in the attachment block in the
e/mail "subject" header,this will open IE6 and take them
to the web page.But trying to explain that to everyone in
my address book is not going to happen so I e/mail links
the way I described in my first post.Test this out e/mail
a link to yourself.You will find that it does work.
>-----Original Message-----
>
>"Its only me" > wrote in message
...
>> Sounds to me like you have a serious case of PMT. FFS
calm down woman.
>
>*** Sorry my friend but I've a very stressful 2 weeks
around here due to
>these unexpected and ongoing PC problems. HP took full
responsibility for
>the drive failures. They assured me we did not cause
these problems.
>Perhaps as a techie you see them as enjoyable
challenges. I can understand
>that. But others see them as time wasting
aggravations. Especially when I
>waste time searching for an answer and there isn't any
in the helpfiles or
>book. I'm talking about the software now as well as
hardware problems.
>
>If
>> you had read your own post AND the reply given by MAP,
you would have seen
>> that he gave you the answer to the question asked.
>
>*** This is the reply I got from MAP:
>"Try typing the URL with www. in front in the context of
>the message then press the enter key. it should convert
>into a hyperlink."
>
>Trying to "hand type" in an URL with perhaps 50 or more
figures and numbers
>is not practical. In W98SE when I clicked on Mail/Send A
link/ in IE6 it
>opened an email message with the URL showing and in blue
(clickable). There
>was no hand-typing in URLs to make them clickable. Am I
misunderstanding
>what he/she said? With this PC (W-XP) the e-mail opens
with the URL
>ATTACHED and not clickable. All that's in the body of
the message is this:
>
>"Your files are attached and ready to send with this
message." THIS is what
>I want to change and wasted at least an hour looking for
the answer BEFORE
>asking here.
>With all the worms, viruses etc. going around they're
afraid to OPEN
>anything and want to keep exchanging URLs in
the "clickable" form. I can't
>find anywhere to change this to make them clickable
again and not as
>attachments.
>
>> Your question included: "How and where do I make
changes " and the answer
>> given was "Try typing the URL with www. in front in
the context of the
>> message then press the enter key". So if you pasted
the link into your
>mail
>> message all you have to do is add "WWW." at the front
of it, without the
>> quotes of course. Now is that SO DAMN HARD to follow?
>
>** No it isn't - it just takes more clicks and more
time than when it
>appears right on/in the email and off it goes..... why
make things harder
>for people by changing the way something works when they
worked just fine to
>start with?
>
>> And BTW, you seem to have so many bad vibes,
>
>** Who wouldn't have "bad vibes" when they've had so
much trouble with their
>PC over the past 5 months.
>
>the energy you expend probably
>> DID make a mess of your machine when it went do-lally.
>
>** If bad vibes killed HDs, Floppy drives and DVD
drives every office would
>go bankrupt.... LOL!!! My *vibes* never harmed the
other PCs we have. It
>seems some of you don't want the lurking public to know
about all the
>problems some people have with XP/PCs.
>
>I don't understand
>> why you use XP at all if you favour so much 98. Try
taking some happy
>pills
>> for a change.
>
>** Happy pills don't answer questions help-files and
books don't cover do
>they? Besides turning to drugs isn't the answer as
you'll learn some day.
>I have W-XP because I had no choice. You try buying a
new PC these days
>with W98SE installed on it.
>
>FS...........
>
>
>.
>
I have had the same problem as you (people are unable to
open the link).What I found out is the problem is NOT on
your end. What they (the recipiant) needs to do is double
click on the URL that is in the attachment block in the
e/mail "subject" header,this will open IE6 and take them
to the web page.But trying to explain that to everyone in
my address book is not going to happen so I e/mail links
the way I described in my first post.Test this out e/mail
a link to yourself.You will find that it does work.
>-----Original Message-----
>
>"Its only me" > wrote in message
...
>> Sounds to me like you have a serious case of PMT. FFS
calm down woman.
>
>*** Sorry my friend but I've a very stressful 2 weeks
around here due to
>these unexpected and ongoing PC problems. HP took full
responsibility for
>the drive failures. They assured me we did not cause
these problems.
>Perhaps as a techie you see them as enjoyable
challenges. I can understand
>that. But others see them as time wasting
aggravations. Especially when I
>waste time searching for an answer and there isn't any
in the helpfiles or
>book. I'm talking about the software now as well as
hardware problems.
>
>If
>> you had read your own post AND the reply given by MAP,
you would have seen
>> that he gave you the answer to the question asked.
>
>*** This is the reply I got from MAP:
>"Try typing the URL with www. in front in the context of
>the message then press the enter key. it should convert
>into a hyperlink."
>
>Trying to "hand type" in an URL with perhaps 50 or more
figures and numbers
>is not practical. In W98SE when I clicked on Mail/Send A
link/ in IE6 it
>opened an email message with the URL showing and in blue
(clickable). There
>was no hand-typing in URLs to make them clickable. Am I
misunderstanding
>what he/she said? With this PC (W-XP) the e-mail opens
with the URL
>ATTACHED and not clickable. All that's in the body of
the message is this:
>
>"Your files are attached and ready to send with this
message." THIS is what
>I want to change and wasted at least an hour looking for
the answer BEFORE
>asking here.
>With all the worms, viruses etc. going around they're
afraid to OPEN
>anything and want to keep exchanging URLs in
the "clickable" form. I can't
>find anywhere to change this to make them clickable
again and not as
>attachments.
>
>> Your question included: "How and where do I make
changes " and the answer
>> given was "Try typing the URL with www. in front in
the context of the
>> message then press the enter key". So if you pasted
the link into your
>> message all you have to do is add "WWW." at the front
of it, without the
>> quotes of course. Now is that SO DAMN HARD to follow?
>
>** No it isn't - it just takes more clicks and more
time than when it
>appears right on/in the email and off it goes..... why
make things harder
>for people by changing the way something works when they
worked just fine to
>start with?
>
>> And BTW, you seem to have so many bad vibes,
>
>** Who wouldn't have "bad vibes" when they've had so
much trouble with their
>PC over the past 5 months.
>
>the energy you expend probably
>> DID make a mess of your machine when it went do-lally.
>
>** If bad vibes killed HDs, Floppy drives and DVD
drives every office would
>go bankrupt.... LOL!!! My *vibes* never harmed the
other PCs we have. It
>seems some of you don't want the lurking public to know
about all the
>problems some people have with XP/PCs.
>
>I don't understand
>> why you use XP at all if you favour so much 98. Try
taking some happy
>pills
>> for a change.
>
>** Happy pills don't answer questions help-files and
books don't cover do
>they? Besides turning to drugs isn't the answer as
you'll learn some day.
>I have W-XP because I had no choice. You try buying a
new PC these days
>with W98SE installed on it.
>
>FS...........
>
>
>.
>