On Sep 24, 2012 7:18 PM, "Mark A. Hershberger" <mah(a)everybody.org> wrote:
On 09/23/2012 06:33 PM, K. Peachey wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 4:03 AM, Mark A. Hershberger <mah(a)everybody.org>
wrote:
On 09/23/2012 12:54 PM, Krinkle wrote:
Link shortened:
http://hexm.de/lp
There is no need to shorten urls in emails, Please don't.
I've personally seen mail readers and MTAs that mangle long URLs. Since
this sort of mangling happens, I see a need for a way to make URLs
usable. I use a shortener for those URLS as a precautionary measure and
to help me communicate with others.
I personally agree it's annoying and wish you didn't. But maybe there's
mangling examples I've not seen.
IMHO, it should usually be enough to either wrap in angle brackets or put
the URL in a footnote on it's own line with just the footnote number.
Anyway, I do certainly think we have bigger fish to fry.
-Jeremy