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Can URLs be hyperlinks in Email?
Greetings,Is it possible to make all URLs in emails be clickable hyperlinks rather than just text? I'm referring to both emails I type and emails I receive.
Thank you.
7. October 2011, 01:28:30 (edited)
In plain text emails and plain text anything, you need to encase your URLs in < and > like this:
(notice how even the forums here linkify it.)
See appendix C in <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt> for more info. Even though is says you can also use quotes or by just separating the uri from other text with a space etc, < and > is best.
Good clients/programs will recognize this as a link and linkify it when presenting the received message to you.
For HTML messages, you need to insert an HTML link or add to the source and use markup like this:
or
For HTML messages, you may be able to type the literal:
, but the receiving client might not linkify it like it would with a plain text message.
<http://example.com/>
(notice how even the forums here linkify it.)
See appendix C in <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt> for more info. Even though is says you can also use quotes or by just separating the uri from other text with a space etc, < and > is best.
Good clients/programs will recognize this as a link and linkify it when presenting the received message to you.
For HTML messages, you need to insert an HTML link or add to the source and use markup like this:
<a href="http://example.com/">http://example.com/</a>
or
<<a href="http://example.com/">http://example.com/</a>>
For HTML messages, you may be able to type the literal:
<http://example.com/>
, but the receiving client might not linkify it like it would with a plain text message.
7. October 2011, 01:29:05 (edited)
On a side, note that there's underline, bold, and italics like this:
_this is underlined_
*this is bold*
/this is italicized/
But, fewer clients will present those visually as underliend, bold and italicized.
There's also lists like this:
or
or
etc.
And, don't for get smiley faces etc.
In other words, you can express a lot with just plain text.
An
_this is underlined_
*this is bold*
/this is italicized/
But, fewer clients will present those visually as underliend, bold and italicized.
There's also lists like this:
* item * item * item
or
1. item 2. item 3. item
or
1. item
a. item
b. item
2. item
a. item
b. item
etc.
And, don't for get smiley faces etc.
In other words, you can express a lot with just plain text.
An
I've recently started using Opera mail, and the fact that links aren't recognized if senders don't encase them in < > is a problem. This conversation thread is old, so maybe this has been remedied. Gmail recognizes links as do other email programs I've used. Has a solution been provided?
Originally posted by rwade1210:
I've recently started using Opera mail, and the fact that links aren't recognized if senders don't encase them in < > is a problem.
The encasing them in < > in plain text messages is good authoring. But, it's not a requirement.
The problem that Opera has is only with HTML messages where it doesn't turn link text (not an HTML link, that works fine) into a link (when reading or writing) for the user to click on. But, many clients have that problem too (more so with reading than writing). mail.google.com does linkify link text in HTML mails though.
1. April 2013, 15:42:24 (edited)
Things work fine for text/plain messages, so you just have to worry about HTML messages. For those, you just make sure you click "insert" and choose to insert a link. Then, there's no problem because the annoyance of having to use insert.
1. April 2013, 16:13:34 (edited)
Originally posted by rwade1210:
I'm talking about ones received.
In text/plain messages that you receive, Opera linkifies URLs so you can click on them. That should just work.
For HTML messages that you receive, they should be clickable too as most other clients turn URLs you type into HTML links.
For HTML messages that were sent to you from an Opera user, those are the ones you have to worry about. But, if they use the insert menu, the links will be clickable for you.
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