activate http links in e-mails

[Guest]

fThe http links that I send by e-mail are not active.
This just started suddenly. I have McAfee firewall and Zone Alarm. I'm
wondering if it's caused by one of these or a setting in Outlook itself. Any
suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Version of Outlook?
Type of account?
Are they active (blue underlined) in your Sent Items folder?
Does it work when you send to yourself?

 

[Guest]

This is with Outlook 2003 and occurs with both my e-mail accounts (Charter
and Hotmail). The links are not underlined in the Sent Folder nor when I send
them to myself. However, if I receive an e-mail from someone else, the links
are active, and I can forward the e-mail and the links remain acvtive.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

What message format do you use?
Do you use Word or Outlook as the e-mail editor?
What method do you use to create an hyperlink? Are you simply typing the URL
in the message body?
When you composing do they show then?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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This is with Outlook 2003 and occurs with both my e-mail accounts (Charter
and Hotmail). The links are not underlined in the Sent Folder nor when I
send
them to myself. However, if I receive an e-mail from someone else, the links
are active, and I can forward the e-mail and the links remain acvtive.

 

[Guest]

I type the message in Outlook. I've tried to create hyperlinks both by typing
directly in the Outlook editor, and by using "copy" and "paste" from the
browsre URL address box. Neither creates an active link. When I send the
e-mail to someone, the recipient can copy and paste the http link into their
browser URL box and the link works, it's just not active in the body of the
e-mail message.

What message format do you use?
Do you use Word or Outlook as the e-mail editor?
What method do you use to create an hyperlink? Are you simply typing the URL
in the message body?
When you composing do they show then?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----
This is with Outlook 2003 and occurs with both my e-mail accounts (Charter
and Hotmail). The links are not underlined in the Sent Folder nor when I
send
them to myself. However, if I receive an e-mail from someone else, the links
are active, and I can forward the e-mail and the links remain acvtive.

Version of Outlook?
Type of account?
Are they active (blue underlined) in your Sent Items folder?
Does it work when you send to yourself?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

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fThe http links that I send by e-mail are not active.
This just started suddenly. I have McAfee firewall and Zone Alarm. I'm
wondering if it's caused by one of these or a setting in Outlook itself.
Any
suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Did you use the space bar after the URL before sending.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, RobSusie33 asked:

| I type the message in Outlook. I've tried to create hyperlinks both
| by typing directly in the Outlook editor, and by using "copy" and
| "paste" from the browsre URL address box. Neither creates an active
| link. When I send the e-mail to someone, the recipient can copy and
| paste the http link into their browser URL box and the link works,
| it's just not active in the body of the e-mail message.
|
| "Roady [MVP]" wrote:
|
|| What message format do you use?
|| Do you use Word or Outlook as the e-mail editor?
|| What method do you use to create an hyperlink? Are you simply typing
|| the URL in the message body?
|| When you composing do they show then?
||
|| --
|| Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
|| Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
|| http://www.howto-outlook.com/
|| Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
||
|| -----
|| || This is with Outlook 2003 and occurs with both my e-mail accounts
|| (Charter and Hotmail). The links are not underlined in the Sent
|| Folder nor when I send
|| them to myself. However, if I receive an e-mail from someone else,
|| the links are active, and I can forward the e-mail and the links
|| remain acvtive.
||
|| "Roady [MVP]" wrote:
||
||| Version of Outlook?
||| Type of account?
||| Are they active (blue underlined) in your Sent Items folder?
||| Does it work when you send to yourself?
|||
||| --
||| Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
||| Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
||| http://www.howto-outlook.com/
||| Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
|||
||| -----
||| ||| fThe http links that I send by e-mail are not active.
||| This just started suddenly. I have McAfee firewall and Zone Alarm.
||| I'm wondering if it's caused by one of these or a setting in
||| Outlook itself. Any
||| suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[Guest]

No, but that was it! Thanks!
I've sent hypertext links before but didn't realize you needed a space
after the address.

 

[Pinestone]

I'm having the same problem in Office 2003. Hitting the spacebar doesn't
work for me. Do you have any other suggestions on how to activate a url link?

 

[Gordon]

I'm having the same problem in Office 2003. Hitting the spacebar doesn't
work for me. Do you have any other suggestions on how to activate a url
link?

Hit [Return] after entering the link.

 

[Pinestone]

Thank you very much Gordon. I sincerely appreciate the help. Your
suggestion worked.

I'm having the same problem in Office 2003. Hitting the spacebar doesn't
work for me. Do you have any other suggestions on how to activate a url
link?

Hit [Return] after entering the link.

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