-=PCTechTalk=- Re: AOL & URLs
- From: Camper Mick <camper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 01:04:27 -0400
AOL has a mind of it's own. He has to cut and paste the url (any aol
user has to) if he receives a link from outside the aol domain. Since he
could not do this I would suggest that he clear out his history and
cache then reboot back into aol and try again.
David J. Weaver wrote:
>I believe this is what you are looking for.
>
><a href="http://www.website.com";>website</a>
>
>The text in the quotes is the actual like and the >word< is what he would
>see to click on.
>
>David Weaver
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of rawhide101
>Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 1:52 AM
>To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- AOL & URLs
>
>
>
>Good Morning:
>
>Problem: I exchange email containing URLs with a friend who uses dialup AOL
>version 7.0; he is unable to bring up URLs displayed in email received from
>my
>cable-modem computer which uses OL 2000 and IE 6.
>
>The specific URL now in question is
>http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/26042.html which appears in
>underlined
>purple font even as I type this email. (I just now brought up the site by
>clicking on that URL; it is correct.)
>
>Info:
>
>1. Another computer in my home uses a dialup connection to earthlink. That
>computer uses OE 6 and IE 6. Both computers in my home bring up the above
>URL by
>clicking on it, and also bring up URLs provided by my friend.
>
>2. In email I've sent to him I have entered the URL by using copy/paste
>from
>the site, and also by typing it in. Neither approach works for the AOL
>computer. Both approaches work in my two computers.
>
>3. When I look at email originated in my cable-modem computer, sent from it,
>and
>received in the earthlink computer, the URL appears normal in all three
>instances; purple font that is underlined.
>
>4. However, the same URL appears in his AOL dialup computer as normal text;
>black font that is not underlined.
>
>5. He has also tried to copy/paste the URL in AOL software without success.
>
>6. His home is about twenty-five miles from mine. We use the same telephone
>system to reach dialup ISPs.
>
>7. I uns***ed a list about three months ago that used two forms of URLs;
>one
>for AOL computers and another for other computers. The URL for AOL computers
>was
>enclosed in delimiters. The AOL string looked something like this; << aol
>...
>URL ... >>
>Supposedly AOL users could reach the URL by pasting the entire string into
>the
>AOL address area.
>
>Finally, The Question! Anyone know how to make his AOL software bring up the
>URLs I send to him?
>
>TIA... very much!
>
>Jim
>
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