[Healeys] Web addresses and Tinyurls

[Eric (Rick) Wilkins]

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 at windstream.net> <tomfelts at 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 at 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 at aol.com
>>> In a message dated 12/1/08 3:35:57 AM, healeys-request at 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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