Fred White wrote:

>... If the link won't work as is, you will have to copy and
>past the entire link into the URL. It is one link with
>no spaces or returns...


and Larry Barnes came to the rescue:

>FYI: (I don't like to cut-n-paste)
>
> A quick way to reconnect the disjointed url's would be to open the
>email,
>
>1. click reply (but don't send it) then place your cursor at the end of
>the 1st line of the url and press the delete key.
>   This will eventually join the second line of the url with the first
>line.
>
>2. If there is another line below that, press the 'END' key to take your
>cursor to the end of the url created in step 1.
>   Press the return key until the 2 lines are joined together.
>
>3. Keep repeating the above steps until the url has been reconnected.
>
>4. click on the url to go to the web page
>
>5. close the email without sending it or keeping the changes.


Too much work!  Being a mathematician means that you are
fundamentally lazy.  I am surprised that Fred, being a fellow
mathematician, didn't do his best to minimize the pain on his
target (pun intended ;-) audience.

It should be axiomatic that, when dealing with long URLs,
a courtesy visit to http://tinyurl.com should be considered.

Abstractly yours,

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