Re: I'm new here and . . .
From: Graham Mayor (gmayor_at_DELETECAPSmvps.org)
Date: 03/30/04
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:13:50 +0100
Links work fine in Outlook Express newsgroup format - in plain text and that
is the best way to access. It is Outlook EXPRESS not Outlook.
See http://www.gmayor.com/MSNews.htm
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zeldamaniac44 wrote:
> Ahhh, thanks for clearing some of that stuff up Charles Kenyon.
>
> . . . However you seem to have created more questions inside my head
> by doing so. First of all I must add, I don't think hyperlinks of any
> kind would be able to work without HTML, I mean think about it, all
> hyperlinks need to be "marked-up" so to speak, even if the server
> does it automatically for you.
>
> That's what HTML is -- Hypertext Markup Language.
>
> But, I'm beginning to see the technique of the server doing the
> marking automatically is what apperently is the only way the
> sucessfully create hyperlinks, you type out just the URL (No HTML
> tags) and although it won't activate at that point, it will when you
> post your message, I'd say that was my mistake all along.
>
> Yet it still seems to me that unless they locked it, there must be
> someway to edit HTML. Oh, nvm, they probably locked it for security
> purposes, yeah, that makes sense.
>
> Finally, to answer you, I am reading though a browser (MSIE 6.0) I
> didn't realize there was any alternative way of rendering this place.
> And I definitely didn't know it would be through Outlook, I always
> thought Outlook was basically a third-party e-mail server, was there
> something I was missing?
>
> If there was, I shouldn't be so suprised. I've never so much as
> launched Outlook 2000 (which I do have on my PC) because I've just
> seen it as unnecesacary in terms of the e-mail server compatibility,
> I simply rather check my e-mail online.
>
> Please send some feedback, thanks :)
>
> ----- Charles Kenyon wrote: -----
>
> The newsgroups support hyperlinks just fine. If you are posting
> using an Internet Browser rather than a newsreader, that could
> be the problem. I use Outlook Express only for newsgroups (not
> email) and link directly to the news server at Microsoft.
>
> I'm not sure whether the forum supports html, I only post and
> only read items in plain text. HTML opens too many doorways on
> my system. Nevertheless, any web address or email address in a
> message comes across fine.
>
> I use <URL: address> coding for mine (see sig line). I think,
> but don't know, that this keeps long addresses usable despite
> word wrapping. --
>
> Charles Kenyon
>
> See the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is
> awesome!
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> and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
> from my ignorance and your wisdom.
>
> --
>
> Charles Kenyon
>
> See the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is
> awesome!
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> This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
> and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
> from my ignorance and your wisdom.
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