Re: [ADMIN] Lyris upgrade (rfc 1738 and URLs)

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Al Gilman (asgilman@access.digex.net)
Thu, 1 Oct 1998 11:33:19 -0400 (EDT)


to follow up on what Jari Aalto+list.faq said:

> |Sun 1998-09-20 edward@paleo.org (Edward Reid) list.faq
> | > like email addresses but actually have "mailto:" stuck on the front?
> |
> | Well, obviously because they are mailto: URLs.
>
> The format is slightly off. Rfc1738 defines how URLs should look like in
> electronic text. It is a mistake to add <> around mailto urls. There sould
> be <URL:> or nothing around the mailto;

Please consult RFC 2396 which supercedes 1738. the <URL:...> wrapping
has been de-recommended by popular demand.

Al



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