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  • Is there an unambiguous syntax for URLs in a mail item?

    From Kenny McCormack@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 5 11:47:33 2024
    I have a situation where I am creating an email that gets piped to
    sendmail for delivery. Everything works fine, except:

    The email contains a (long-ish) URL and I find that when it reaches it destination, sometimes the URL is rendered as a link (thus clickable) and sometimes not. It depends on which client the user uses to access the
    email. With Thunderbird, it works correctly, but when accessed via an
    email web interface, the URL just displays as text (thus not clickable).

    I seem to remember that there is a way to "wrap" a URL in an email, so that
    it will always be seen as a URL, but can't remember how at the moment. Something like how you can wrap an email address in <> and that protects it.

    Can anyone help with this?

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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 5 19:31:18 2024
    On 05.11.2024 um 11:47 Uhr Kenny McCormack wrote:

    I have a situation where I am creating an email that gets piped to
    sendmail for delivery. Everything works fine, except:

    Can you pipe it to a text file, so you can check if the application
    itself does any wrapping?

    It is also relevant if the mail is plain text or HTML - or both.


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