Dave I need help (links aren't clickable)

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windsurffer (Zone 5a) Nov 18, 2001

When I receive your email I don't get the underlined connect address that I can click on to go to the link that I am watching. Is it a problem with AOL or do I need to do something to change my email program?
Thanks in advance for your help :)

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dave Nov 19, 2001

Wind,

Other AOLers have also reported this same thing on a thread from last month: http://davesgarden.com/showthread/126525.html

Gardenwife came out with a good "workaround" that would let you access the links, even though they were not "clickable".

Dave

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windsurffer (Zone 5a) Nov 19, 2001

Thanks Dave, I am not going to be with AOL much longer just until I find another ISP, I will let you know as soon as I find another one.

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dave Nov 19, 2001

Good deal, wind. I know most mail programs out there automatically make those clickable, and some just ignore the links altogether.

One day, I may change the newsletter to make it in HTML format (so that it looks like a web page in your mailbox) but that's a ways off.

Dave

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gardenwife Newark, OH(Zone 5b) Nov 19, 2001

Hey, Dave - Here's a little article on formatting links for AOL users: http://www.ibiztips.com/email19JUN00.htm Any way this could be scripted into the newsletter? 'Course it would make the thing twice as long if each URL was duplicated so goofy old AOL could read it, too. How many AOL users subscribe to the newsletter, anyway?

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dave Nov 19, 2001

GW: that's the thing. It would solve the problem for a minority of readers (the AOL members) while causing annoyances for our non-AOL members.

For this reason, the only real feasible solution is to make the thing an HTML formatted E-mail, with the option to get it in text-only, if you are using a mailer that does not support HTML (like me...)

Dave

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windsurffer (Zone 5a) Nov 20, 2001

Dave I have changed my email, updated my preference so I do hope that will help the problem until I can get another ISP.

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