MyNameHere Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Hi folks, You know how webmail will detect links embedded in an e-mail and display them as a hyperlink? The link actually hits the webmail page "go.php" and sends it the encoded target url. A couple of times now, I have run into links that fail. For instance, the following link works (I can copy it into the IE address bar and it displays the Hertz reservation page): https://webmail.spamcop.net/horde/services/...3Den%26pos%3DUS But the following link does not work (neither from webmail directly nor when pasted into IE): https://webmail.spamcop.net/horde/services/...3D59714%262y%3D However, if I select the text of the link in the e-mail and copy/paste that into the address bar, it does work: http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.ad...MT&2z=59714&2y= You should be able to try it for yourself with these examples. I suppose it has something to do with the length of the url, but I haven't experimented with it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenUnderwood Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 I suppose it has something to do with the length of the url, but I haven't experimented with it... 29749[/snapback] I have played with it a little bit and found that the entire link is embedded into the go.php scri_pt (with conversions made for the special characters) but it is possible that scri_pt is not forwarding the entire contents for the string. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyNameHere Posted June 29, 2005 Author Share Posted June 29, 2005 I have played with it a little bit and found that the entire link is embedded into the go.php scri_pt (with conversions made for the special characters) but it is possible that scri_pt is not forwarding the entire contents for the string. 29750[/snapback] Yeah, and I doubt it's real important, but I thought I'd report it as a bug. Is this the right forum to use, or would Geek/Tech Things - Software Issues be a better place? (I noticed very few threads and replies there.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenUnderwood Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Yeah, and I doubt it's real important, but I thought I'd report it as a bug. Is this the right forum to use, or would Geek/Tech Things - Software Issues be a better place? (I noticed very few threads and replies there.) 29752[/snapback] To get it to someone who might be able to fix it, you should send the information to support<at>spamcop.net. That will alert JT (the email admin) to the bug. This is the correct forum to post this (and if not I would have moved it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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