On 2/5/2009 2:18 PM HeyBub spake thus:

David Nebenzahl wrote:

A meta-post: question came up recently here about how newsreaders (the
software you're using to read this post) handle long URLs, like this
one:

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3...1 3QRJVC6DLgl

I'm using Thunderbird which preserves long URLs without splitting
them, unlike what I call "brain-damaged" news clients like Outlook
Express, which splits and otherwise mangles them. This makes them
useless for clicking on, requiring the reader to copy and paste the
pieces back together; pain in the ass.

But this is on the sending end. The question is whether such links get
split up when they're read.

If your newsreader splits this URL, could you post here and say what
your newsreader is?

Outlook Express is not "brain damaged," nor does it mangle links. Give your
Magic 8-Ball (tm) another shake.

I use Outlook Express (6) and your posted link looks and acts as it should.

Well, as evidenced by another poster's test, I stand corrected, at least
for that version. Now we know.


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