You can write your emails with html and write your own tiny URL
[url=http://longlinkstuffhere]tiny url[/url]
Wilko
On Dec 1, 2008, at 8:05 AM, <tomfelts@windstream.net> <tomfelts@windstream.net
> wrote:
> Just curious them---how do you send a very long, wrap around link
> that you want someone to use?
>
> Regards
> tom
> ---- m.brouillette@comcast.net wrote:
>> I have to agree with Gary on the use of Tiny Urls.
>>
>> I work as Director of technology for an Internet lead generation
>> firm, and firms like this are attaching little tracking cookies to
>> your browser to feed back information to others on your internet
>> visiting patterns.
>>
>> It helps marketing groups figure out what makes you tick and what
>> sites would be best places to place their ads and what best junk
>> mail or pop up windows to send you.
>>
>> I'm not saying that tinyurl is doing this or something else to you
>> and yours, but talking from experience, it' and unsavory other
>> things aren't that tough to do at a site redirector such as them.
>>
>> Mike Brouillette
>> Bedford, NH
>> 59 BT7
>>
>>
>> -------------- Original message ----------------------
>> From: Editorgary@aol.com
>>> In a message dated 12/1/08 3:35:57 AM, healeys-request@autox.team.net
>>> writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Is it REALLY THAT HARD to use www.tinyurl.com , Mark (ALL)???
>>>>
>>>> YOUR link gives:
>>>>
>>>> Address Not Found
>>>> Firefox can't find the server at www.rootsweb.com.
>>>>
>>>> Your POSTED Mail ARRIVES AS:
>>>>
>>> Ed, we're really happy that you know how to use Tiny URLs,
>>> whatever they are.
>>> I still use "Cut and Paste" -- a technology that has served me
>>> well since
>>> 1983 -- to insert the actual url into my Firefox request bar since
>>> I make it a
>>> hard and fast rule never, ever, to click on a link in an email or
>>> use a link
>>> that I can't read directly. TinyURLs are just another lazy short-
>>> cut that makes
>>> one vulnerable to linking into a website that looks and acts like
>>> the real
>>> thing, but is, in fact, a cybertrap.
>>> Cutting and pasting his url as listed worked just fine for me...
>>> Maybe you
>>> should examine your connection between your e-mail server and
>>> Firefox.
>>> Just my two cents.
>>> Gary
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