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Embedded HTML Links problem

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:07 am
by jamedo
Hey there.

Sending an HTML mail.

Inside the body I am including an <a> tag.

The mail sends properly. The link exists in the right position, and is treated as a link(blue, underlined, etc).

But when I click it, it opens a browser window to my default homepage. It does not go to the address I assigned the <a> tag.

When I rollover the link however, it shows : "outbind://14-" followed by many random string characters. Then at the end exists the address that I assigned to it.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Re: Embedded HTML Links problem

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:14 pm
by califdon
Don't use an html anchor tag. Most email clients recognize a fully qualified URL and will make it a link.

Re: Embedded HTML Links problem

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:37 pm
by jamedo
hey califdon.

I tried that and Outlook does not make it a link. Also, I do not want the full URL to be seen. So that is why I was using the anchor tags.

Anyone have any ideas?

I am using an absolut URL.

Thanks.

Re: Embedded HTML Links problem

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 2:08 pm
by califdon
jamedo wrote:hey califdon.

I tried that and Outlook does not make it a link. Also, I do not want the full URL to be seen. So that is why I was using the anchor tags.

Anyone have any ideas?

I am using an absolut URL.

Thanks.
Good old Outlook! The problem is, if you're going to send HTML tags in email, you need to use a MIME type header, and even then, some email clients either won't accept a MIME type or the user has disabled MIME (I do, because it exposes the user to malicious links). Also, even with an anchor, the full URL will show up in the tooltip or status bar.

I am not up on MIME type headers, since I obviously don't like them, but if you want to do that, look that up in Google.