creating a hyperlink

[thunderbear]

I, use the email for listing my auctions on several sites. We, use to have
Outlook Express on the older computer. With this new computer we are using
Windows Mail which I can see now is one of the most useless mail systems.

When I, go to the page that I want to link to, and copy the address at the
top and have it in my que, I then go to the email and click on the hyperlink
button and paste the address in with the Type of File set for http:, and do a
OK.

Now when I save the message, and then go back to it the link works, but if I
go somewhere else in Windows Mail and come back to the message, sometimes the
link works and sometimes it doesn't. Then when you open the hyperlink button
again the address has either disappeared or it has change Type of File to
"(other)" What made it change the Type of File to "(Other)"??

So, I grab the address again, and change the Type of File back to http: and
paste the address into the box, Hit OK. Then on the email I can copy what I
want so I can transfer the information plus the hyperlink to other messages
that need the same information in them. But then when I go back and check
those hyperlinks they have been changed from http: to (other) so now the
hyperlink will return a non-valid-address. What is making this happen??

Thanks

 

[mac]

I, use the email for listing my auctions on several sites. We, use to
have
Outlook Express on the older computer. With this new computer we are
using
Windows Mail which I can see now is one of the most useless mail systems.

When I, go to the page that I want to link to, and copy the address at the
top and have it in my que, I then go to the email and click on the
hyperlink
button and paste the address in with the Type of File set for http:, and
do a
OK.

Now when I save the message, and then go back to it the link works, but if
I
go somewhere else in Windows Mail and come back to the message, sometimes
the
link works and sometimes it doesn't. Then when you open the hyperlink
button
again the address has either disappeared or it has change Type of File to
"(other)" What made it change the Type of File to "(Other)"??

So, I grab the address again, and change the Type of File back to http:
and
paste the address into the box, Hit OK. Then on the email I can copy what
I
want so I can transfer the information plus the hyperlink to other
messages
that need the same information in them. But then when I go back and check
those hyperlinks they have been changed from http: to (other) so now the
hyperlink will return a non-valid-address. What is making this happen??

Thanks

It is late here, and I might be missing something?

But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the message body?

Why use the Insert menu?

Links are not active in a mail under composition, unless you save it to the
drafts folder.

 

[thunderbear]

Steve or Mac

Thanks for answering. Looked at your website and will go back now and look
more into it.
Are you in the UK, I have a lot of ebay customers there.

But that is what I do, go to my webpage, get the page up that I want to link
to and copy the address bar at the top of the page.
Then I, go to the new message, highlight the text to add the linked address
I have in my que, then click on the Hyperlink icon, paste the linked address
I have in my que into the box, and then click OK to save it.

So now I have one message with all the required hyperlinks added, but like
what I'm in the process of doing now is making up 50 new auctions that need
some of the same part of the first message with the hyperlinks attached, into
the body of all 50 messages. I go to the first message and copy the parts
that I need, then go to the new messages one at a time, open each of them and
paste the qued part of the first message into the area were its needed in
each new one, and save the changes.

But then when I copy that part of the message from the 1st draft to the
other 49 drafts, Windows mail either deletes the link, or changes it from a
http: link to a (other) link and adds more to the address.

here is the link that I, inserted into the first message
http://stores.shop.ebay.com/HERBS-M...549QQ_sidZ25394145QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

here is the new link that windows mail changes it to
mhtml:{F7CB0CE5-E6F9-4CAB-B69C-C99FA58DFE31}mid://00000550/!x-usc:http://stores.shop.ebay.com/HERBS-M...549QQ_sidZ25394145QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

Windows mail added the following to the front of my original link the
following
mhtml:{F7CB0CE5-E6F9-4CAB-B69C-C99FA58DFE31}mid://00000550/!x-usc:

and also changed it to a (other) link from the http: link type that I choose
it to be.

I, don't use the Insert menu, I use the icon for hyperlinks at the top of
the message window.
drafts folder.

Thats what I, do all of my new auctions composition in my Drafts Folder.
Thats the only folder that has the 3 buttons
on the bottom of the message for "Edit" "Source" and "Preview" I, never use
the "Preview" tho, its the same as "Edit"

This is how I've done all my auctions for the last 9 years on ebay, I make
up one auctions information with all the links
attached, then I also just make additional subfolders under the drafts
folder were I can transfer them to. Then I, go to
the one that has all the information needed and copy that part of the
message. Then go to the subfolders and paste
into each message were that information is suppose to be.

But that was using Out-Look Express and never had a problem with outlook
losing the links or changing them.

Terry Layman
(e-mail address removed)
Natalia, TX USA

I, use the email for listing my auctions on several sites. We, use to
have
Outlook Express on the older computer. With this new computer we are
using
Windows Mail which I can see now is one of the most useless mail systems.

When I, go to the page that I want to link to, and copy the address at the
top and have it in my que, I then go to the email and click on the
hyperlink
button and paste the address in with the Type of File set for http:, and
do a
OK.

Now when I save the message, and then go back to it the link works, but if
I
go somewhere else in Windows Mail and come back to the message, sometimes
the
link works and sometimes it doesn't. Then when you open the hyperlink
button
again the address has either disappeared or it has change Type of File to
"(other)" What made it change the Type of File to "(Other)"??

So, I grab the address again, and change the Type of File back to http:
and
paste the address into the box, Hit OK. Then on the email I can copy what
I
want so I can transfer the information plus the hyperlink to other
messages
that need the same information in them. But then when I go back and check
those hyperlinks they have been changed from http: to (other) so now the
hyperlink will return a non-valid-address. What is making this happen??

Thanks

It is late here, and I might be missing something?

But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the message body?

Why use the Insert menu?

Links are not active in a mail under composition, unless you save it to the
drafts folder.


--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. MAIL. [DTS] UK.
http://www.getsafeonline.org/


But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the message body?

But that is what I do, go to my webpage, get the page up that I want to link
to and copy the address bar, then go to the new message, highlight the text
to add the linked address I have in my que, then click on the Hyperlink icon,
paste the linked address I have in my que into the box, and then click OK to
save it.

So now I have one message with all the required hyperlinks added, but like
what I'm in the process of doing now is making up 50 new auctions that need
some of the same part of the first message with the hyperlinks attached, into
the body of all 50 messages. I go to the first message and copy the parts
that I need, then go to the new messages one at a time, open each of them and
paste the qued part of the first message into the area were its needed in
each new one, and save the changes.

But then when I copy that part of the message from 1 draft to the other
draft, Windows mail either deletes the link, or changes it from a http: link
to a (other) link and adds more to the address. (

Why use the Insert menu?

Links are not active in a mail under composition, unless you save it to the
drafts folder.

 

[Steve Cochran]

I'm having trouble reproducing this. Can you try using a plain text message
to store the 50 links and copy from that plain text message instead of the
HTML message?

steve

Steve or Mac

Thanks for answering. Looked at your website and will go back now and look
more into it.
Are you in the UK, I have a lot of ebay customers there.

But that is what I do, go to my webpage, get the page up that I want to
link
to and copy the address bar at the top of the page.
Then I, go to the new message, highlight the text to add the linked
address
I have in my que, then click on the Hyperlink icon, paste the linked
address
I have in my que into the box, and then click OK to save it.

So now I have one message with all the required hyperlinks added, but like
what I'm in the process of doing now is making up 50 new auctions that
need
some of the same part of the first message with the hyperlinks attached,
into
the body of all 50 messages. I go to the first message and copy the parts
that I need, then go to the new messages one at a time, open each of them
and
paste the qued part of the first message into the area were its needed in
each new one, and save the changes.

But then when I copy that part of the message from the 1st draft to the
other 49 drafts, Windows mail either deletes the link, or changes it from
a
http: link to a (other) link and adds more to the address.

here is the link that I, inserted into the first message.
http://stores.shop.ebay.com/HERBS-M...549QQ_sidZ25394145QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

here is the new link that windows mail changes it to.
mhtml:{F7CB0CE5-E6F9-4CAB-B69C-C99FA58DFE31}mid://00000550/!x-usc:http://stores.shop.ebay.com/HERBS-M...549QQ_sidZ25394145QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

Windows mail added the following to the front of my original link the
following
mhtml:{F7CB0CE5-E6F9-4CAB-B69C-C99FA58DFE31}mid://00000550/!x-usc:

and also changed it to a (other) link from the http: link type that I
choose
it to be.

I, don't use the Insert menu, I use the icon for hyperlinks at the top of
the message window.
drafts folder.

Thats what I, do all of my new auctions composition in my Drafts Folder.
Thats the only folder that has the 3 buttons
on the bottom of the message for "Edit" "Source" and "Preview" I, never
use
the "Preview" tho, its the same as "Edit"

This is how I've done all my auctions for the last 9 years on ebay, I
make
up one auctions information with all the links
attached, then I also just make additional subfolders under the drafts
folder were I can transfer them to. Then I, go to
the one that has all the information needed and copy that part of the
message. Then go to the subfolders and paste
into each message were that information is suppose to be.

But that was using Out-Look Express and never had a problem with outlook
losing the links or changing them.

Terry Layman
(e-mail address removed)
Natalia, TX USA

I, use the email for listing my auctions on several sites. We, use to
have
Outlook Express on the older computer. With this new computer we are
using
Windows Mail which I can see now is one of the most useless mail
systems.

When I, go to the page that I want to link to, and copy the address at
the
top and have it in my que, I then go to the email and click on the
hyperlink
button and paste the address in with the Type of File set for http:,
and
do a
OK.

Now when I save the message, and then go back to it the link works, but
if
I
go somewhere else in Windows Mail and come back to the message,
sometimes
the
link works and sometimes it doesn't. Then when you open the hyperlink
button
again the address has either disappeared or it has change Type of File
to
"(other)" What made it change the Type of File to "(Other)"??

So, I grab the address again, and change the Type of File back to http:
and
paste the address into the box, Hit OK. Then on the email I can copy
what
I
want so I can transfer the information plus the hyperlink to other
messages
that need the same information in them. But then when I go back and
check
those hyperlinks they have been changed from http: to (other) so now
the
hyperlink will return a non-valid-address. What is making this
happen??

Thanks

It is late here, and I might be missing something?

But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the message body?

Why use the Insert menu?

Links are not active in a mail under composition, unless you save it to
the
drafts folder.


--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. MAIL. [DTS] UK.
http://www.getsafeonline.org/


But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the message body?

But that is what I do, go to my webpage, get the page up that I want to
link
to and copy the address bar, then go to the new message, highlight the
text
to add the linked address I have in my que, then click on the Hyperlink
icon,
paste the linked address I have in my que into the box, and then click OK
to
save it.

So now I have one message with all the required hyperlinks added, but like
what I'm in the process of doing now is making up 50 new auctions that
need
some of the same part of the first message with the hyperlinks attached,
into
the body of all 50 messages. I go to the first message and copy the parts
that I need, then go to the new messages one at a time, open each of them
and
paste the qued part of the first message into the area were its needed in
each new one, and save the changes.

But then when I copy that part of the message from 1 draft to the other
draft, Windows mail either deletes the link, or changes it from a http:
link
to a (other) link and adds more to the address. (

Why use the Insert menu?

Links are not active in a mail under composition, unless you save it to
the
drafts folder.

 

[thunderbear]

Thats the first thing we do is use a Plain Text message to write the items
discription, WYSIWYG, this way we know what the description will look like.
We then convert this text to HTML at the bottom of the Plain Text message,
select all and copy and paste into Item Description area on Auction Listing
Server.

There was never a problem when we used Outlook Express, descriptions had as
many a 5 links added to the first message, then that message was copied and
pasted to the remaining messages without losing the links. For some reason
Windows Mail won't allow this to happen.

Terry

I'm having trouble reproducing this. Can you try using a plain text message
to store the 50 links and copy from that plain text message instead of the
HTML message?

steve

Steve or Mac

Thanks for answering. Looked at your website and will go back now and look
more into it.
Are you in the UK, I have a lot of ebay customers there.

But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the message body?

But that is what I do, go to my webpage, get the page up that I want to
link
to and copy the address bar at the top of the page.
Then I, go to the new message, highlight the text to add the linked
address
I have in my que, then click on the Hyperlink icon, paste the linked
address
I have in my que into the box, and then click OK to save it.

So now I have one message with all the required hyperlinks added, but like
what I'm in the process of doing now is making up 50 new auctions that
need
some of the same part of the first message with the hyperlinks attached,
into
the body of all 50 messages. I go to the first message and copy the parts
that I need, then go to the new messages one at a time, open each of them
and
paste the qued part of the first message into the area were its needed in
each new one, and save the changes.

But then when I copy that part of the message from the 1st draft to the
other 49 drafts, Windows mail either deletes the link, or changes it from
a
http: link to a (other) link and adds more to the address.

here is the link that I, inserted into the first message.
http://stores.shop.ebay.com/HERBS-M...549QQ_sidZ25394145QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

here is the new link that windows mail changes it to.
mhtml:{F7CB0CE5-E6F9-4CAB-B69C-C99FA58DFE31}mid://00000550/!x-usc:http://stores.shop.ebay.com/HERBS-M...549QQ_sidZ25394145QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

Windows mail added the following to the front of my original link the
following
mhtml:{F7CB0CE5-E6F9-4CAB-B69C-C99FA58DFE31}mid://00000550/!x-usc:

and also changed it to a (other) link from the http: link type that I
choose
it to be.

Why use the Insert menu?

I, don't use the Insert menu, I use the icon for hyperlinks at the top of
the message window.

Links are not active in a mail under composition, unless you save it to
the

drafts folder.

Thats what I, do all of my new auctions composition in my Drafts Folder.
Thats the only folder that has the 3 buttons
on the bottom of the message for "Edit" "Source" and "Preview" I, never
use
the "Preview" tho, its the same as "Edit"

This is how I've done all my auctions for the last 9 years on ebay, I
make
up one auctions information with all the links
attached, then I also just make additional subfolders under the drafts
folder were I can transfer them to. Then I, go to
the one that has all the information needed and copy that part of the
message. Then go to the subfolders and paste
into each message were that information is suppose to be.

But that was using Out-Look Express and never had a problem with outlook
losing the links or changing them.

Terry Layman
(e-mail address removed)
Natalia, TX USA

I, use the email for listing my auctions on several sites. We, use to
have
Outlook Express on the older computer. With this new computer we are
using
Windows Mail which I can see now is one of the most useless mail
systems.

When I, go to the page that I want to link to, and copy the address at
the
top and have it in my que, I then go to the email and click on the
hyperlink
button and paste the address in with the Type of File set for http:,
and
do a
OK.

Now when I save the message, and then go back to it the link works, but
if
I
go somewhere else in Windows Mail and come back to the message,
sometimes
the
link works and sometimes it doesn't. Then when you open the hyperlink
button
again the address has either disappeared or it has change Type of File
to
"(other)" What made it change the Type of File to "(Other)"??

So, I grab the address again, and change the Type of File back to http:
and
paste the address into the box, Hit OK. Then on the email I can copy
what
I
want so I can transfer the information plus the hyperlink to other
messages
that need the same information in them. But then when I go back and
check
those hyperlinks they have been changed from http: to (other) so now
the
hyperlink will return a non-valid-address. What is making this
happen??

Thanks

It is late here, and I might be missing something?

But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the message body?

Why use the Insert menu?

Links are not active in a mail under composition, unless you save it to
the
drafts folder.


--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. MAIL. [DTS] UK.
http://www.getsafeonline.org/


But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the message body?

But that is what I do, go to my webpage, get the page up that I want to
link
to and copy the address bar, then go to the new message, highlight the
text
to add the linked address I have in my que, then click on the Hyperlink
icon,
paste the linked address I have in my que into the box, and then click OK
to
save it.

So now I have one message with all the required hyperlinks added, but like
what I'm in the process of doing now is making up 50 new auctions that
need
some of the same part of the first message with the hyperlinks attached,
into
the body of all 50 messages. I go to the first message and copy the parts
that I need, then go to the new messages one at a time, open each of them
and
paste the qued part of the first message into the area were its needed in
each new one, and save the changes.

But then when I copy that part of the message from 1 draft to the other
draft, Windows mail either deletes the link, or changes it from a http:
link
to a (other) link and adds more to the address. (

Why use the Insert menu?

Links are not active in a mail under composition, unless you save it to
the
drafts folder.

 

[Steve Cochran]

Okay, I can confirm the Copy operation is not grabbing the hyperlink. I
copied your link and then created an HTML message and added text and
highlighted it and chose Insert | Hyperlink. Then I tried to copy that and
pasted it into another message and it pasted but the href was blank. So I
guess that's a new "feature" of WinMail.

If you go to View | Source Edit and then click on the Source tab, you can
then copy the source code and paste that. That should work.

steve

Thats the first thing we do is use a Plain Text message to write the items
discription, WYSIWYG, this way we know what the description will look
like.
We then convert this text to HTML at the bottom of the Plain Text message,
select all and copy and paste into Item Description area on Auction
Listing
Server.

There was never a problem when we used Outlook Express, descriptions had
as
many a 5 links added to the first message, then that message was copied
and
pasted to the remaining messages without losing the links. For some
reason
Windows Mail won't allow this to happen.

Terry

I'm having trouble reproducing this. Can you try using a plain text
message
to store the 50 links and copy from that plain text message instead of
the
HTML message?

steve

Steve or Mac

Thanks for answering. Looked at your website and will go back now and
look
more into it.
Are you in the UK, I have a lot of ebay customers there.

But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the message
body?

But that is what I do, go to my webpage, get the page up that I want to
link
to and copy the address bar at the top of the page.
Then I, go to the new message, highlight the text to add the linked
address
I have in my que, then click on the Hyperlink icon, paste the linked
address
I have in my que into the box, and then click OK to save it.

So now I have one message with all the required hyperlinks added, but
like
what I'm in the process of doing now is making up 50 new auctions that
need
some of the same part of the first message with the hyperlinks
attached,
into
the body of all 50 messages. I go to the first message and copy the
parts
that I need, then go to the new messages one at a time, open each of
them
and
paste the qued part of the first message into the area were its needed
in
each new one, and save the changes.

But then when I copy that part of the message from the 1st draft to the
other 49 drafts, Windows mail either deletes the link, or changes it
from
a
http: link to a (other) link and adds more to the address.

here is the link that I, inserted into the first message.
http://stores.shop.ebay.com/HERBS-M...549QQ_sidZ25394145QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

here is the new link that windows mail changes it to.
mhtml:{F7CB0CE5-E6F9-4CAB-B69C-C99FA58DFE31}mid://00000550/!x-usc:http://stores.shop.ebay.com/HERBS-M...549QQ_sidZ25394145QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

Windows mail added the following to the front of my original link the
following
mhtml:{F7CB0CE5-E6F9-4CAB-B69C-C99FA58DFE31}mid://00000550/!x-usc:

and also changed it to a (other) link from the http: link type that I
choose
it to be.

Why use the Insert menu?

I, don't use the Insert menu, I use the icon for hyperlinks at the top
of
the message window.

Links are not active in a mail under composition, unless you save it
to
the
drafts folder.

Thats what I, do all of my new auctions composition in my Drafts
Folder.
Thats the only folder that has the 3 buttons
on the bottom of the message for "Edit" "Source" and "Preview" I,
never
use
the "Preview" tho, its the same as "Edit"

This is how I've done all my auctions for the last 9 years on ebay, I
make
up one auctions information with all the links
attached, then I also just make additional subfolders under the drafts
folder were I can transfer them to. Then I, go to
the one that has all the information needed and copy that part of the
message. Then go to the subfolders and paste
into each message were that information is suppose to be.

But that was using Out-Look Express and never had a problem with
outlook
losing the links or changing them.

Terry Layman
(e-mail address removed)
Natalia, TX USA


:


I, use the email for listing my auctions on several sites. We, use
to
have
Outlook Express on the older computer. With this new computer we
are
using
Windows Mail which I can see now is one of the most useless mail
systems.

When I, go to the page that I want to link to, and copy the address
at
the
top and have it in my que, I then go to the email and click on the
hyperlink
button and paste the address in with the Type of File set for http:,
and
do a
OK.

Now when I save the message, and then go back to it the link works,
but
if
I
go somewhere else in Windows Mail and come back to the message,
sometimes
the
link works and sometimes it doesn't. Then when you open the
hyperlink
button
again the address has either disappeared or it has change Type of
File
to
"(other)" What made it change the Type of File to "(Other)"??

So, I grab the address again, and change the Type of File back to
http:
and
paste the address into the box, Hit OK. Then on the email I can
copy
what
I
want so I can transfer the information plus the hyperlink to other
messages
that need the same information in them. But then when I go back and
check
those hyperlinks they have been changed from http: to (other) so now
the
hyperlink will return a non-valid-address. What is making this
happen??

Thanks

It is late here, and I might be missing something?

But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the message
body?

Why use the Insert menu?

Links are not active in a mail under composition, unless you save it
to
the
drafts folder.


--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. MAIL. [DTS] UK.
http://www.getsafeonline.org/


But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the message body?

But that is what I do, go to my webpage, get the page up that I want to
link
to and copy the address bar, then go to the new message, highlight the
text
to add the linked address I have in my que, then click on the Hyperlink
icon,
paste the linked address I have in my que into the box, and then click
OK
to
save it.

So now I have one message with all the required hyperlinks added, but
like
what I'm in the process of doing now is making up 50 new auctions that
need
some of the same part of the first message with the hyperlinks
attached,
into
the body of all 50 messages. I go to the first message and copy the
parts
that I need, then go to the new messages one at a time, open each of
them
and
paste the qued part of the first message into the area were its needed
in
each new one, and save the changes.

But then when I copy that part of the message from 1 draft to the other
draft, Windows mail either deletes the link, or changes it from a http:
link
to a (other) link and adds more to the address. (

Why use the Insert menu?

Links are not active in a mail under composition, unless you save it to
the
drafts folder.

 

[thunderbear]

Tried what you suggested, found it and pasted the link address, went back to
view and the link was there. Closed the email and saved the new changes.
Went to the
drafts folder and tried the link before opening the email and it was a Dead
Link.

The only solution that I, know is to get rid of Vista and Windows Mail on
this new
computer and go back to XP with OE.

Thanks for your time.

Terry Layman

Okay, I can confirm the Copy operation is not grabbing the hyperlink. I
copied your link and then created an HTML message and added text and
highlighted it and chose Insert | Hyperlink. Then I tried to copy that and
pasted it into another message and it pasted but the href was blank. So I
guess that's a new "feature" of WinMail.

If you go to View | Source Edit and then click on the Source tab, you can
then copy the source code and paste that. That should work.

steve

Thats the first thing we do is use a Plain Text message to write the items
discription, WYSIWYG, this way we know what the description will look
like.
We then convert this text to HTML at the bottom of the Plain Text message,
select all and copy and paste into Item Description area on Auction
Listing
Server.

There was never a problem when we used Outlook Express, descriptions had
as
many a 5 links added to the first message, then that message was copied
and
pasted to the remaining messages without losing the links. For some
reason
Windows Mail won't allow this to happen.

Terry

I'm having trouble reproducing this. Can you try using a plain text
message
to store the 50 links and copy from that plain text message instead of
the
HTML message?

steve

Steve or Mac

Thanks for answering. Looked at your website and will go back now and
look
more into it.
Are you in the UK, I have a lot of ebay customers there.

But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the message
body?

But that is what I do, go to my webpage, get the page up that I want to
link
to and copy the address bar at the top of the page.
Then I, go to the new message, highlight the text to add the linked
address
I have in my que, then click on the Hyperlink icon, paste the linked
address
I have in my que into the box, and then click OK to save it.

So now I have one message with all the required hyperlinks added, but
like
what I'm in the process of doing now is making up 50 new auctions that
need
some of the same part of the first message with the hyperlinks
attached,
into
the body of all 50 messages. I go to the first message and copy the
parts
that I need, then go to the new messages one at a time, open each of
them
and
paste the qued part of the first message into the area were its needed
in
each new one, and save the changes.

But then when I copy that part of the message from the 1st draft to the
other 49 drafts, Windows mail either deletes the link, or changes it
from
a
http: link to a (other) link and adds more to the address.

here is the link that I, inserted into the first message.
http://stores.shop.ebay.com/HERBS-M...549QQ_sidZ25394145QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

here is the new link that windows mail changes it to.
mhtml:{F7CB0CE5-E6F9-4CAB-B69C-C99FA58DFE31}mid://00000550/!x-usc:http://stores.shop.ebay.com/HERBS-M...549QQ_sidZ25394145QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

Windows mail added the following to the front of my original link the
following
mhtml:{F7CB0CE5-E6F9-4CAB-B69C-C99FA58DFE31}mid://00000550/!x-usc:

and also changed it to a (other) link from the http: link type that I
choose
it to be.

Why use the Insert menu?

I, don't use the Insert menu, I use the icon for hyperlinks at the top
of
the message window.

Links are not active in a mail under composition, unless you save it
to
the
drafts folder.

Thats what I, do all of my new auctions composition in my Drafts
Folder.
Thats the only folder that has the 3 buttons
on the bottom of the message for "Edit" "Source" and "Preview" I,
never
use
the "Preview" tho, its the same as "Edit"

This is how I've done all my auctions for the last 9 years on ebay, I
make
up one auctions information with all the links
attached, then I also just make additional subfolders under the drafts
folder were I can transfer them to. Then I, go to
the one that has all the information needed and copy that part of the
message. Then go to the subfolders and paste
into each message were that information is suppose to be.

But that was using Out-Look Express and never had a problem with
outlook
losing the links or changing them.

Terry Layman
(e-mail address removed)
Natalia, TX USA


:


I, use the email for listing my auctions on several sites. We, use
to
have
Outlook Express on the older computer. With this new computer we
are
using
Windows Mail which I can see now is one of the most useless mail
systems.

When I, go to the page that I want to link to, and copy the address
at
the
top and have it in my que, I then go to the email and click on the
hyperlink
button and paste the address in with the Type of File set for http:,
and
do a
OK.

Now when I save the message, and then go back to it the link works,
but
if
I
go somewhere else in Windows Mail and come back to the message,
sometimes
the
link works and sometimes it doesn't. Then when you open the
hyperlink
button
again the address has either disappeared or it has change Type of
File
to
"(other)" What made it change the Type of File to "(Other)"??

So, I grab the address again, and change the Type of File back to
http:
and
paste the address into the box, Hit OK. Then on the email I can
copy
what
I
want so I can transfer the information plus the hyperlink to other
messages
that need the same information in them. But then when I go back and
check
those hyperlinks they have been changed from http: to (other) so now
the
hyperlink will return a non-valid-address. What is making this
happen??

Thanks

It is late here, and I might be missing something?

But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the message
body?

Why use the Insert menu?

Links are not active in a mail under composition, unless you save it
to
the
drafts folder.


--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. MAIL. [DTS] UK.
http://www.getsafeonline.org/


But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the message body?

But that is what I do, go to my webpage, get the page up that I want to
link
to and copy the address bar, then go to the new message, highlight the
text
to add the linked address I have in my que, then click on the Hyperlink
icon,
paste the linked address I have in my que into the box, and then click
OK
to
save it.

So now I have one message with all the required hyperlinks added, but
like
what I'm in the process of doing now is making up 50 new auctions that
need
some of the same part of the first message with the hyperlinks
attached,
into
the body of all 50 messages. I go to the first message and copy the
parts
that I need, then go to the new messages one at a time, open each of
them
and
paste the qued part of the first message into the area were its needed
in
each new one, and save the changes.

But then when I copy that part of the message from 1 draft to the other
draft, Windows mail either deletes the link, or changes it from a http:
link
to a (other) link and adds more to the address. (

Why use the Insert menu?

Links are not active in a mail under composition, unless you save it to
the
drafts folder.

 

[Steve Cochran]

Why do you need to save to the Drafts folder?

steve

Tried what you suggested, found it and pasted the link address, went back
to
view and the link was there. Closed the email and saved the new changes.
Went to the
drafts folder and tried the link before opening the email and it was a
Dead
Link.

The only solution that I, know is to get rid of Vista and Windows Mail on
this new
computer and go back to XP with OE.

Thanks for your time.

Terry Layman

Okay, I can confirm the Copy operation is not grabbing the hyperlink. I
copied your link and then created an HTML message and added text and
highlighted it and chose Insert | Hyperlink. Then I tried to copy that
and
pasted it into another message and it pasted but the href was blank. So
I
guess that's a new "feature" of WinMail.

If you go to View | Source Edit and then click on the Source tab, you can
then copy the source code and paste that. That should work.

steve

Thats the first thing we do is use a Plain Text message to write the
items
discription, WYSIWYG, this way we know what the description will look
like.
We then convert this text to HTML at the bottom of the Plain Text
message,
select all and copy and paste into Item Description area on Auction
Listing
Server.

There was never a problem when we used Outlook Express, descriptions
had
as
many a 5 links added to the first message, then that message was copied
and
pasted to the remaining messages without losing the links. For some
reason
Windows Mail won't allow this to happen.

Terry

:

I'm having trouble reproducing this. Can you try using a plain text
message
to store the 50 links and copy from that plain text message instead of
the
HTML message?

steve

Steve or Mac

Thanks for answering. Looked at your website and will go back now
and
look
more into it.
Are you in the UK, I have a lot of ebay customers there.

But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the message
body?

But that is what I do, go to my webpage, get the page up that I want
to
link
to and copy the address bar at the top of the page.
Then I, go to the new message, highlight the text to add the linked
address
I have in my que, then click on the Hyperlink icon, paste the linked
address
I have in my que into the box, and then click OK to save it.

So now I have one message with all the required hyperlinks added,
but
like
what I'm in the process of doing now is making up 50 new auctions
that
need
some of the same part of the first message with the hyperlinks
attached,
into
the body of all 50 messages. I go to the first message and copy the
parts
that I need, then go to the new messages one at a time, open each of
them
and
paste the qued part of the first message into the area were its
needed
in
each new one, and save the changes.

But then when I copy that part of the message from the 1st draft to
the
other 49 drafts, Windows mail either deletes the link, or changes it
from
a
http: link to a (other) link and adds more to the address.

here is the link that I, inserted into the first message.
http://stores.shop.ebay.com/HERBS-M...549QQ_sidZ25394145QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

here is the new link that windows mail changes it to.
mhtml:{F7CB0CE5-E6F9-4CAB-B69C-C99FA58DFE31}mid://00000550/!x-usc:http://stores.shop.ebay.com/HERBS-M...549QQ_sidZ25394145QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

Windows mail added the following to the front of my original link
the
following
mhtml:{F7CB0CE5-E6F9-4CAB-B69C-C99FA58DFE31}mid://00000550/!x-usc:

and also changed it to a (other) link from the http: link type that
I
choose
it to be.

Why use the Insert menu?

I, don't use the Insert menu, I use the icon for hyperlinks at the
top
of
the message window.

Links are not active in a mail under composition, unless you save
it
to
the
drafts folder.

Thats what I, do all of my new auctions composition in my Drafts
Folder.
Thats the only folder that has the 3 buttons
on the bottom of the message for "Edit" "Source" and "Preview" I,
never
use
the "Preview" tho, its the same as "Edit"

This is how I've done all my auctions for the last 9 years on ebay,
I
make
up one auctions information with all the links
attached, then I also just make additional subfolders under the
drafts
folder were I can transfer them to. Then I, go to
the one that has all the information needed and copy that part of
the
message. Then go to the subfolders and paste
into each message were that information is suppose to be.

But that was using Out-Look Express and never had a problem with
outlook
losing the links or changing them.

Terry Layman
(e-mail address removed)
Natalia, TX USA


:


message
I, use the email for listing my auctions on several sites. We,
use
to
have
Outlook Express on the older computer. With this new computer we
are
using
Windows Mail which I can see now is one of the most useless mail
systems.

When I, go to the page that I want to link to, and copy the
address
at
the
top and have it in my que, I then go to the email and click on
the
hyperlink
button and paste the address in with the Type of File set for
http:,
and
do a
OK.

Now when I save the message, and then go back to it the link
works,
but
if
I
go somewhere else in Windows Mail and come back to the message,
sometimes
the
link works and sometimes it doesn't. Then when you open the
hyperlink
button
again the address has either disappeared or it has change Type of
File
to
"(other)" What made it change the Type of File to "(Other)"??

So, I grab the address again, and change the Type of File back to
http:
and
paste the address into the box, Hit OK. Then on the email I can
copy
what
I
want so I can transfer the information plus the hyperlink to
other
messages
that need the same information in them. But then when I go back
and
check
those hyperlinks they have been changed from http: to (other) so
now
the
hyperlink will return a non-valid-address. What is making this
happen??

Thanks

It is late here, and I might be missing something?

But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the message
body?

Why use the Insert menu?

Links are not active in a mail under composition, unless you save
it
to
the
drafts folder.


--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. MAIL. [DTS] UK.
http://www.getsafeonline.org/


But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the message
body?

But that is what I do, go to my webpage, get the page up that I want
to
link
to and copy the address bar, then go to the new message, highlight
the
text
to add the linked address I have in my que, then click on the
Hyperlink
icon,
paste the linked address I have in my que into the box, and then
click
OK
to
save it.

So now I have one message with all the required hyperlinks added,
but
like
what I'm in the process of doing now is making up 50 new auctions
that
need
some of the same part of the first message with the hyperlinks
attached,
into
the body of all 50 messages. I go to the first message and copy the
parts
that I need, then go to the new messages one at a time, open each of
them
and
paste the qued part of the first message into the area were its
needed
in
each new one, and save the changes.

But then when I copy that part of the message from 1 draft to the
other
draft, Windows mail either deletes the link, or changes it from a
http:
link
to a (other) link and adds more to the address. (

Why use the Insert menu?

Links are not active in a mail under composition, unless you save it
to
the
drafts folder.

 

[Steve Cochran]

I just tried it again and its working.

Here's what I did:

1. Copy a hyperlink from IE address bar.
2. Create a new HTML mail message in WinMail.
3. Type text in the message window: This is a hyperlink.
4. Highlight text and choose insert Hyperlink from icon on formatting
toolbar and then paste the hyperlink into the text field.
5. Save message to Drafts
6. Open message in the Drafts in the Preview Pane window.
7. Hyperlink is preserved intact.
8. Highlight text and right click to copy and then paste in new OE HTML
message window and the hyperlink is preserved.

I'm not sure what is different, but it appears to work okay and one can do
that repeatedly.

I'm testing with clean install of 32 bit Vista SP1 installed.

steve

Tried what you suggested, found it and pasted the link address, went back
to
view and the link was there. Closed the email and saved the new changes.
Went to the
drafts folder and tried the link before opening the email and it was a
Dead
Link.

The only solution that I, know is to get rid of Vista and Windows Mail on
this new
computer and go back to XP with OE.

Thanks for your time.

Terry Layman

Okay, I can confirm the Copy operation is not grabbing the hyperlink. I
copied your link and then created an HTML message and added text and
highlighted it and chose Insert | Hyperlink. Then I tried to copy that
and
pasted it into another message and it pasted but the href was blank. So
I
guess that's a new "feature" of WinMail.

If you go to View | Source Edit and then click on the Source tab, you can
then copy the source code and paste that. That should work.

steve

Thats the first thing we do is use a Plain Text message to write the
items
discription, WYSIWYG, this way we know what the description will look
like.
We then convert this text to HTML at the bottom of the Plain Text
message,
select all and copy and paste into Item Description area on Auction
Listing
Server.

There was never a problem when we used Outlook Express, descriptions
had
as
many a 5 links added to the first message, then that message was copied
and
pasted to the remaining messages without losing the links. For some
reason
Windows Mail won't allow this to happen.

Terry

:

I'm having trouble reproducing this. Can you try using a plain text
message
to store the 50 links and copy from that plain text message instead of
the
HTML message?

steve

Steve or Mac

Thanks for answering. Looked at your website and will go back now
and
look
more into it.
Are you in the UK, I have a lot of ebay customers there.

But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the message
body?

But that is what I do, go to my webpage, get the page up that I want
to
link
to and copy the address bar at the top of the page.
Then I, go to the new message, highlight the text to add the linked
address
I have in my que, then click on the Hyperlink icon, paste the linked
address
I have in my que into the box, and then click OK to save it.

So now I have one message with all the required hyperlinks added,
but
like
what I'm in the process of doing now is making up 50 new auctions
that
need
some of the same part of the first message with the hyperlinks
attached,
into
the body of all 50 messages. I go to the first message and copy the
parts
that I need, then go to the new messages one at a time, open each of
them
and
paste the qued part of the first message into the area were its
needed
in
each new one, and save the changes.

But then when I copy that part of the message from the 1st draft to
the
other 49 drafts, Windows mail either deletes the link, or changes it
from
a
http: link to a (other) link and adds more to the address.

here is the link that I, inserted into the first message.
http://stores.shop.ebay.com/HERBS-M...549QQ_sidZ25394145QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

here is the new link that windows mail changes it to.
mhtml:{F7CB0CE5-E6F9-4CAB-B69C-C99FA58DFE31}mid://00000550/!x-usc:http://stores.shop.ebay.com/HERBS-M...549QQ_sidZ25394145QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

Windows mail added the following to the front of my original link
the
following
mhtml:{F7CB0CE5-E6F9-4CAB-B69C-C99FA58DFE31}mid://00000550/!x-usc:

and also changed it to a (other) link from the http: link type that
I
choose
it to be.

Why use the Insert menu?

I, don't use the Insert menu, I use the icon for hyperlinks at the
top
of
the message window.

Links are not active in a mail under composition, unless you save
it
to
the
drafts folder.

Thats what I, do all of my new auctions composition in my Drafts
Folder.
Thats the only folder that has the 3 buttons
on the bottom of the message for "Edit" "Source" and "Preview" I,
never
use
the "Preview" tho, its the same as "Edit"

This is how I've done all my auctions for the last 9 years on ebay,
I
make
up one auctions information with all the links
attached, then I also just make additional subfolders under the
drafts
folder were I can transfer them to. Then I, go to
the one that has all the information needed and copy that part of
the
message. Then go to the subfolders and paste
into each message were that information is suppose to be.

But that was using Out-Look Express and never had a problem with
outlook
losing the links or changing them.

Terry Layman
(e-mail address removed)
Natalia, TX USA


:


message
I, use the email for listing my auctions on several sites. We,
use
to
have
Outlook Express on the older computer. With this new computer we
are
using
Windows Mail which I can see now is one of the most useless mail
systems.

When I, go to the page that I want to link to, and copy the
address
at
the
top and have it in my que, I then go to the email and click on
the
hyperlink
button and paste the address in with the Type of File set for
http:,
and
do a
OK.

Now when I save the message, and then go back to it the link
works,
but
if
I
go somewhere else in Windows Mail and come back to the message,
sometimes
the
link works and sometimes it doesn't. Then when you open the
hyperlink
button
again the address has either disappeared or it has change Type of
File
to
"(other)" What made it change the Type of File to "(Other)"??

So, I grab the address again, and change the Type of File back to
http:
and
paste the address into the box, Hit OK. Then on the email I can
copy
what
I
want so I can transfer the information plus the hyperlink to
other
messages
that need the same information in them. But then when I go back
and
check
those hyperlinks they have been changed from http: to (other) so
now
the
hyperlink will return a non-valid-address. What is making this
happen??

Thanks

It is late here, and I might be missing something?

But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the message
body?

Why use the Insert menu?

Links are not active in a mail under composition, unless you save
it
to
the
drafts folder.


--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. MAIL. [DTS] UK.
http://www.getsafeonline.org/


But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the message
body?

But that is what I do, go to my webpage, get the page up that I want
to
link
to and copy the address bar, then go to the new message, highlight
the
text
to add the linked address I have in my que, then click on the
Hyperlink
icon,
paste the linked address I have in my que into the box, and then
click
OK
to
save it.

So now I have one message with all the required hyperlinks added,
but
like
what I'm in the process of doing now is making up 50 new auctions
that
need
some of the same part of the first message with the hyperlinks
attached,
into
the body of all 50 messages. I go to the first message and copy the
parts
that I need, then go to the new messages one at a time, open each of
them
and
paste the qued part of the first message into the area were its
needed
in
each new one, and save the changes.

But then when I copy that part of the message from 1 draft to the
other
draft, Windows mail either deletes the link, or changes it from a
http:
link
to a (other) link and adds more to the address. (

Why use the Insert menu?

Links are not active in a mail under composition, unless you save it
to
the
drafts folder.

 

[thunderbear]

Any time you create a new message, and don't put an email address to it, and
you close and save the information, the message automatically goes to the
Drafts folder.

This way you can reopen it, add or delete anything, close and save the new
info, but it still goes back to the Drafts Folder.

The trouble is that I, did the link like I, always have done in OE, Saved it
to the Drafts folder, and when I went back the Link worked, even if I copied
the whole message to another draft. But with WM, as soon as you close the
drafted message WM deletes the link codes.

I, did do 1 test email were I, did address the email to myself and then when
it got to my Inbox the link worked. But the problem there is if I, still
need to add or delete
something, then I would have to make a copy, start a new message, and paste
the contents to the new message. Also, when its in the Drafts, I can view
the Source Codes, in another tab at the bottom of the draft, but once you
send it to yourself then this Source tab is deleted.

When we go to our auction listers, the best way is to copy and paste the
HTML codes instead of coping the Text Message, this way you are assured that
everything get put into the description as you typed and formatted it.

We've tried to copy and paste Text Messages, but the formatting doesn't
always stay the way you typed it, especially word wrap, font sizes, font
colors, it becomes a mess that way.

OE was so simple, you didn't have to learn complicated programs to list a
auction.
It was the same as doing a regular typed message, but you could change the
font sizes, add different colors to the text, add simple links, etc. and then
change all that into HTML language with 1 click of a tab, select all, copy
and paste to a new auction
description, and your finished.

Why do you need to save to the Drafts folder?

steve

Tried what you suggested, found it and pasted the link address, went back
to
view and the link was there. Closed the email and saved the new changes.
Went to the
drafts folder and tried the link before opening the email and it was a
Dead
Link.

The only solution that I, know is to get rid of Vista and Windows Mail on
this new
computer and go back to XP with OE.

Thanks for your time.

Terry Layman

Okay, I can confirm the Copy operation is not grabbing the hyperlink. I
copied your link and then created an HTML message and added text and
highlighted it and chose Insert | Hyperlink. Then I tried to copy that
and
pasted it into another message and it pasted but the href was blank. So
I
guess that's a new "feature" of WinMail.

If you go to View | Source Edit and then click on the Source tab, you can
then copy the source code and paste that. That should work.

steve

Thats the first thing we do is use a Plain Text message to write the
items
discription, WYSIWYG, this way we know what the description will look
like.
We then convert this text to HTML at the bottom of the Plain Text
message,
select all and copy and paste into Item Description area on Auction
Listing
Server.

There was never a problem when we used Outlook Express, descriptions
had
as
many a 5 links added to the first message, then that message was copied
and
pasted to the remaining messages without losing the links. For some
reason
Windows Mail won't allow this to happen.

Terry

:

I'm having trouble reproducing this. Can you try using a plain text
message
to store the 50 links and copy from that plain text message instead of
the
HTML message?

steve

Steve or Mac

Thanks for answering. Looked at your website and will go back now
and
look
more into it.
Are you in the UK, I have a lot of ebay customers there.

But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the message
body?

But that is what I do, go to my webpage, get the page up that I want
to
link
to and copy the address bar at the top of the page.
Then I, go to the new message, highlight the text to add the linked
address
I have in my que, then click on the Hyperlink icon, paste the linked
address
I have in my que into the box, and then click OK to save it.

So now I have one message with all the required hyperlinks added,
but
like
what I'm in the process of doing now is making up 50 new auctions
that
need
some of the same part of the first message with the hyperlinks
attached,
into
the body of all 50 messages. I go to the first message and copy the
parts
that I need, then go to the new messages one at a time, open each of
them
and
paste the qued part of the first message into the area were its
needed
in
each new one, and save the changes.

But then when I copy that part of the message from the 1st draft to
the
other 49 drafts, Windows mail either deletes the link, or changes it
from
a
http: link to a (other) link and adds more to the address.

here is the link that I, inserted into the first message.
http://stores.shop.ebay.com/HERBS-M...549QQ_sidZ25394145QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

here is the new link that windows mail changes it to.
mhtml:{F7CB0CE5-E6F9-4CAB-B69C-C99FA58DFE31}mid://00000550/!x-usc:http://stores.shop.ebay.com/HERBS-M...549QQ_sidZ25394145QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

Windows mail added the following to the front of my original link
the
following
mhtml:{F7CB0CE5-E6F9-4CAB-B69C-C99FA58DFE31}mid://00000550/!x-usc:

and also changed it to a (other) link from the http: link type that
I
choose
it to be.

Why use the Insert menu?

I, don't use the Insert menu, I use the icon for hyperlinks at the
top
of
the message window.

Links are not active in a mail under composition, unless you save
it
to
the
drafts folder.

Thats what I, do all of my new auctions composition in my Drafts
Folder.
Thats the only folder that has the 3 buttons
on the bottom of the message for "Edit" "Source" and "Preview" I,
never
use
the "Preview" tho, its the same as "Edit"

This is how I've done all my auctions for the last 9 years on ebay,
I
make
up one auctions information with all the links
attached, then I also just make additional subfolders under the
drafts
folder were I can transfer them to. Then I, go to
the one that has all the information needed and copy that part of
the
message. Then go to the subfolders and paste
into each message were that information is suppose to be.

But that was using Out-Look Express and never had a problem with
outlook
losing the links or changing them.

Terry Layman
(e-mail address removed)
Natalia, TX USA


:


message
I, use the email for listing my auctions on several sites. We,
use
to
have
Outlook Express on the older computer. With this new computer we
are
using
Windows Mail which I can see now is one of the most useless mail
systems.

When I, go to the page that I want to link to, and copy the
address
at
the
top and have it in my que, I then go to the email and click on
the
hyperlink
button and paste the address in with the Type of File set for
http:,
and
do a
OK.

Now when I save the message, and then go back to it the link
works,
but
if
I
go somewhere else in Windows Mail and come back to the message,
sometimes
the
link works and sometimes it doesn't. Then when you open the
hyperlink
button
again the address has either disappeared or it has change Type of
File
to
"(other)" What made it change the Type of File to "(Other)"??

So, I grab the address again, and change the Type of File back to
http:
and
paste the address into the box, Hit OK. Then on the email I can
copy
what
I
want so I can transfer the information plus the hyperlink to
other
messages
that need the same information in them. But then when I go back
and
check
those hyperlinks they have been changed from http: to (other) so
now
the
hyperlink will return a non-valid-address. What is making this
happen??

Thanks

It is late here, and I might be missing something?

But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the message
body?

Why use the Insert menu?

Links are not active in a mail under composition, unless you save
it
to
the
drafts folder.


--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. MAIL. [DTS] UK.
http://www.getsafeonline.org/


But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the message
body?

But that is what I do, go to my webpage, get the page up that I want
to
link
to and copy the address bar, then go to the new message, highlight
the
text
to add the linked address I have in my que, then click on the
Hyperlink
icon,
paste the linked address I have in my que into the box, and then
click
OK
to
save it.

So now I have one message with all the required hyperlinks added,
but
like
what I'm in the process of doing now is making up 50 new auctions
that
need
some of the same part of the first message with the hyperlinks
attached,
into
the body of all 50 messages. I go to the first message and copy the
parts
that I need, then go to the new messages one at a time, open each of
them
and
paste the qued part of the first message into the area were its
needed
in
each new one, and save the changes.

 

[thunderbear]

Yes, it always worked for me on the older computer I have OE, and 32 bit
SP1, and it still does.

But it doesn't work with Vista 64 bit and WM. But it should, they both were
programed by Microsoft weren't they??

And I did it on WM the way you said for OE.

This is the code I, copied and pasted -

http://stores.shop.ebay.com/HERBS-M...504QQ_sidZ25394145QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

Saved it and opened in Preview and it worked, BUT then I copied it from
preview
and started a new message, and pasted it in, closed and saved to the drafts,
reopened it and clicked on the link and nothing happened, went then to the
hyperlink icon and opened it and WM had a new address instead here it is

mhtml:{F7CB0CE5-E6F9-4CAB-B69C-C99FA58DFE31}mid://00001037/!x-usc:http://stores.shop.ebay.com/HERBS-M...504QQ_sidZ25394145QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

WM added to the following to the front of my insertion code

mhtml:{F7CB0CE5-E6F9-4CAB-B69C-C99FA58DFE31}mid://00001037/!x-usc:

and change the source from http:// to (other)

Terry

I just tried it again and its working.

Here's what I did:

1. Copy a hyperlink from IE address bar.
2. Create a new HTML mail message in WinMail.
3. Type text in the message window: This is a hyperlink.
4. Highlight text and choose insert Hyperlink from icon on formatting
toolbar and then paste the hyperlink into the text field.
5. Save message to Drafts
6. Open message in the Drafts in the Preview Pane window.
7. Hyperlink is preserved intact.
8. Highlight text and right click to copy and then paste in new OE HTML
message window and the hyperlink is preserved.

I'm not sure what is different, but it appears to work okay and one can do
that repeatedly.

I'm testing with clean install of 32 bit Vista SP1 installed.

steve

Tried what you suggested, found it and pasted the link address, went back
to
view and the link was there. Closed the email and saved the new changes.
Went to the
drafts folder and tried the link before opening the email and it was a
Dead
Link.

The only solution that I, know is to get rid of Vista and Windows Mail on
this new
computer and go back to XP with OE.

Thanks for your time.

Terry Layman

Okay, I can confirm the Copy operation is not grabbing the hyperlink. I
copied your link and then created an HTML message and added text and
highlighted it and chose Insert | Hyperlink. Then I tried to copy that
and
pasted it into another message and it pasted but the href was blank. So
I
guess that's a new "feature" of WinMail.

If you go to View | Source Edit and then click on the Source tab, you can
then copy the source code and paste that. That should work.

steve

Thats the first thing we do is use a Plain Text message to write the
items
discription, WYSIWYG, this way we know what the description will look
like.
We then convert this text to HTML at the bottom of the Plain Text
message,
select all and copy and paste into Item Description area on Auction
Listing
Server.

There was never a problem when we used Outlook Express, descriptions
had
as
many a 5 links added to the first message, then that message was copied
and
pasted to the remaining messages without losing the links. For some
reason
Windows Mail won't allow this to happen.

Terry

:

I'm having trouble reproducing this. Can you try using a plain text
message
to store the 50 links and copy from that plain text message instead of
the
HTML message?

steve

Steve or Mac

Thanks for answering. Looked at your website and will go back now
and
look
more into it.
Are you in the UK, I have a lot of ebay customers there.

But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the message
body?

But that is what I do, go to my webpage, get the page up that I want
to
link
to and copy the address bar at the top of the page.
Then I, go to the new message, highlight the text to add the linked
address
I have in my que, then click on the Hyperlink icon, paste the linked
address
I have in my que into the box, and then click OK to save it.

So now I have one message with all the required hyperlinks added,
but
like
what I'm in the process of doing now is making up 50 new auctions
that
need
some of the same part of the first message with the hyperlinks
attached,
into
the body of all 50 messages. I go to the first message and copy the
parts
that I need, then go to the new messages one at a time, open each of
them
and
paste the qued part of the first message into the area were its
needed
in
each new one, and save the changes.

But then when I copy that part of the message from the 1st draft to
the
other 49 drafts, Windows mail either deletes the link, or changes it
from
a
http: link to a (other) link and adds more to the address.

here is the link that I, inserted into the first message.
http://stores.shop.ebay.com/HERBS-M...549QQ_sidZ25394145QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

here is the new link that windows mail changes it to.
mhtml:{F7CB0CE5-E6F9-4CAB-B69C-C99FA58DFE31}mid://00000550/!x-usc:http://stores.shop.ebay.com/HERBS-M...549QQ_sidZ25394145QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

Windows mail added the following to the front of my original link
the
following
mhtml:{F7CB0CE5-E6F9-4CAB-B69C-C99FA58DFE31}mid://00000550/!x-usc:

and also changed it to a (other) link from the http: link type that
I
choose
it to be.

Why use the Insert menu?

I, don't use the Insert menu, I use the icon for hyperlinks at the
top
of
the message window.

Links are not active in a mail under composition, unless you save
it
to
the
drafts folder.

Thats what I, do all of my new auctions composition in my Drafts
Folder.
Thats the only folder that has the 3 buttons
on the bottom of the message for "Edit" "Source" and "Preview" I,
never
use
the "Preview" tho, its the same as "Edit"

This is how I've done all my auctions for the last 9 years on ebay,
I
make
up one auctions information with all the links
attached, then I also just make additional subfolders under the
drafts
folder were I can transfer them to. Then I, go to
the one that has all the information needed and copy that part of
the
message. Then go to the subfolders and paste
into each message were that information is suppose to be.

But that was using Out-Look Express and never had a problem with
outlook
losing the links or changing them.

Terry Layman
(e-mail address removed)
Natalia, TX USA


:


message
I, use the email for listing my auctions on several sites. We,
use
to
have
Outlook Express on the older computer. With this new computer we
are
using
Windows Mail which I can see now is one of the most useless mail
systems.

When I, go to the page that I want to link to, and copy the
address
at
the
top and have it in my que, I then go to the email and click on
the
hyperlink
button and paste the address in with the Type of File set for
http:,
and
do a
OK.

Now when I save the message, and then go back to it the link
works,
but
if
I
go somewhere else in Windows Mail and come back to the message,
sometimes
the
link works and sometimes it doesn't. Then when you open the
hyperlink
button
again the address has either disappeared or it has change Type of
File
to
"(other)" What made it change the Type of File to "(Other)"??

So, I grab the address again, and change the Type of File back to
http:
and
paste the address into the box, Hit OK. Then on the email I can
copy
what
I
want so I can transfer the information plus the hyperlink to
other
messages
that need the same information in them. But then when I go back
and
check
those hyperlinks they have been changed from http: to (other) so
now
the
hyperlink will return a non-valid-address. What is making this
happen??

Thanks

It is late here, and I might be missing something?

But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the message
body?

Why use the Insert menu?

Links are not active in a mail under composition, unless you save
it
to
the
drafts folder.


--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. MAIL. [DTS] UK.
http://www.getsafeonline.org/


But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the message
body?

But that is what I do, go to my webpage, get the page up that I want
to
link
to and copy the address bar, then go to the new message, highlight
the
text
to add the linked address I have in my que, then click on the
Hyperlink
icon,
paste the linked address I have in my que into the box, and then
click
OK
to
save it.

So now I have one message with all the required hyperlinks added,

 

[Steve Cochran]

I was using Vista SP1, not XP. 32 bit. So it may be an issue with the 64
bit system that you are using, but it worked for me in the 32 bit Vista.

steve

Yes, it always worked for me on the older computer I have OE, and 32 bit
SP1, and it still does.

But it doesn't work with Vista 64 bit and WM. But it should, they both
were
programed by Microsoft weren't they??

And I did it on WM the way you said for OE.

This is the code I, copied and pasted -

http://stores.shop.ebay.com/HERBS-M...504QQ_sidZ25394145QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

Saved it and opened in Preview and it worked, BUT then I copied it from
preview
and started a new message, and pasted it in, closed and saved to the
drafts,
reopened it and clicked on the link and nothing happened, went then to
the
hyperlink icon and opened it and WM had a new address instead here it is

mhtml:{F7CB0CE5-E6F9-4CAB-B69C-C99FA58DFE31}mid://00001037/!x-usc:http://stores.shop.ebay.com/HERBS-M...504QQ_sidZ25394145QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

WM added to the following to the front of my insertion code

mhtml:{F7CB0CE5-E6F9-4CAB-B69C-C99FA58DFE31}mid://00001037/!x-usc:

and change the source from http:// to (other)

Terry

I just tried it again and its working.

Here's what I did:

1. Copy a hyperlink from IE address bar.
2. Create a new HTML mail message in WinMail.
3. Type text in the message window: This is a hyperlink.
4. Highlight text and choose insert Hyperlink from icon on formatting
toolbar and then paste the hyperlink into the text field.
5. Save message to Drafts
6. Open message in the Drafts in the Preview Pane window.
7. Hyperlink is preserved intact.
8. Highlight text and right click to copy and then paste in new OE HTML
message window and the hyperlink is preserved.

I'm not sure what is different, but it appears to work okay and one can
do
that repeatedly.

I'm testing with clean install of 32 bit Vista SP1 installed.

steve

Tried what you suggested, found it and pasted the link address, went
back
to
view and the link was there. Closed the email and saved the new
changes.
Went to the
drafts folder and tried the link before opening the email and it was a
Dead
Link.

The only solution that I, know is to get rid of Vista and Windows Mail
on
this new
computer and go back to XP with OE.

Thanks for your time.

Terry Layman

:

Okay, I can confirm the Copy operation is not grabbing the hyperlink.
I
copied your link and then created an HTML message and added text and
highlighted it and chose Insert | Hyperlink. Then I tried to copy
that
and
pasted it into another message and it pasted but the href was blank.
So
I
guess that's a new "feature" of WinMail.

If you go to View | Source Edit and then click on the Source tab, you
can
then copy the source code and paste that. That should work.

steve

Thats the first thing we do is use a Plain Text message to write the
items
discription, WYSIWYG, this way we know what the description will
look
like.
We then convert this text to HTML at the bottom of the Plain Text
message,
select all and copy and paste into Item Description area on Auction
Listing
Server.

There was never a problem when we used Outlook Express, descriptions
had
as
many a 5 links added to the first message, then that message was
copied
and
pasted to the remaining messages without losing the links. For some
reason
Windows Mail won't allow this to happen.

Terry

:

I'm having trouble reproducing this. Can you try using a plain
text
message
to store the 50 links and copy from that plain text message instead
of
the
HTML message?

steve

message
Steve or Mac

Thanks for answering. Looked at your website and will go back now
and
look
more into it.
Are you in the UK, I have a lot of ebay customers there.

But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the
message
body?

But that is what I do, go to my webpage, get the page up that I
want
to
link
to and copy the address bar at the top of the page.
Then I, go to the new message, highlight the text to add the
linked
address
I have in my que, then click on the Hyperlink icon, paste the
linked
address
I have in my que into the box, and then click OK to save it.

So now I have one message with all the required hyperlinks added,
but
like
what I'm in the process of doing now is making up 50 new
auctions
that
need
some of the same part of the first message with the hyperlinks
attached,
into
the body of all 50 messages. I go to the first message and copy
the
parts
that I need, then go to the new messages one at a time, open each
of
them
and
paste the qued part of the first message into the area were its
needed
in
each new one, and save the changes.

But then when I copy that part of the message from the 1st draft
to
the
other 49 drafts, Windows mail either deletes the link, or changes
it
from
a
http: link to a (other) link and adds more to the address.

here is the link that I, inserted into the first message.
http://stores.shop.ebay.com/HERBS-M...549QQ_sidZ25394145QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

here is the new link that windows mail changes it to.
mhtml:{F7CB0CE5-E6F9-4CAB-B69C-C99FA58DFE31}mid://00000550/!x-usc:http://stores.shop.ebay.com/HERBS-M...549QQ_sidZ25394145QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

Windows mail added the following to the front of my original link
the
following
mhtml:{F7CB0CE5-E6F9-4CAB-B69C-C99FA58DFE31}mid://00000550/!x-usc:

and also changed it to a (other) link from the http: link type
that
I
choose
it to be.

Why use the Insert menu?

I, don't use the Insert menu, I use the icon for hyperlinks at
the
top
of
the message window.

Links are not active in a mail under composition, unless you
save
it
to
the
drafts folder.

Thats what I, do all of my new auctions composition in my Drafts
Folder.
Thats the only folder that has the 3 buttons
on the bottom of the message for "Edit" "Source" and "Preview"
I,
never
use
the "Preview" tho, its the same as "Edit"

This is how I've done all my auctions for the last 9 years on
ebay,
I
make
up one auctions information with all the links
attached, then I also just make additional subfolders under the
drafts
folder were I can transfer them to. Then I, go to
the one that has all the information needed and copy that part of
the
message. Then go to the subfolders and paste
into each message were that information is suppose to be.

But that was using Out-Look Express and never had a problem with
outlook
losing the links or changing them.

Terry Layman
(e-mail address removed)
Natalia, TX USA


:


message
I, use the email for listing my auctions on several sites.
We,
use
to
have
Outlook Express on the older computer. With this new computer
we
are
using
Windows Mail which I can see now is one of the most useless
mail
systems.

When I, go to the page that I want to link to, and copy the
address
at
the
top and have it in my que, I then go to the email and click on
the
hyperlink
button and paste the address in with the Type of File set for
http:,
and
do a
OK.

Now when I save the message, and then go back to it the link
works,
but
if
I
go somewhere else in Windows Mail and come back to the
message,
sometimes
the
link works and sometimes it doesn't. Then when you open the
hyperlink
button
again the address has either disappeared or it has change Type
of
File
to
"(other)" What made it change the Type of File to "(Other)"??

So, I grab the address again, and change the Type of File back
to
http:
and
paste the address into the box, Hit OK. Then on the email I
can
copy
what
I
want so I can transfer the information plus the hyperlink to
other
messages
that need the same information in them. But then when I go
back
and
check
those hyperlinks they have been changed from http: to (other)
so
now
the
hyperlink will return a non-valid-address. What is making
this
happen??

Thanks

It is late here, and I might be missing something?

But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the
message
body?

Why use the Insert menu?

Links are not active in a mail under composition, unless you
save
it
to
the
drafts folder.


--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. MAIL. [DTS] UK.
http://www.getsafeonline.org/


But why not simply Paste the copied address line into the message
body?

But that is what I do, go to my webpage, get the page up that I
want
to
link
to and copy the address bar, then go to the new message,
highlight
the
text
to add the linked address I have in my que, then click on the
Hyperlink
icon,
paste the linked address I have in my que into the box, and then
click
OK
to
save it.

So now I have one message with all the required hyperlinks added,

 

[thunderbear]

Everything with Vista 64 bit doesn't seem to work. We had Pitney Bowes
program for postage on the other computer and when we got the new one, with
Vista 64 bit, the program wasn't compatable with it. Same way with my
Firewall program, had to get a new one. Searches are slower even with more
memory.

Heard the other day from my son, that Vista 64 bit is the biggest piece of
junk and the company who created it is going to can it next year, so for me,
its getting the older computer cleaned, then getting Vista off the new one
and going back to XP.

Thanks anyway for the help.

Terry

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

It is not clear why you thought you needed the 64-bit version of Vista.
It is recommended only for those who absolutely need it; most people
should be using the 32-bit version.
Not all drivers come in a 64-bit version, and quite a few programs are
not compatible with 64-bit. That doesn't mean there is something
deficient about 64-bit Vista.

 

[Steve Cochran]

People are buying them off the shelves without realizing its 64 bit. The
manufacturers are putting them out, bugs and all, just per usual, so its not
clearly the users's faults they wind up with the buggy 64 bit OS.

steve

It is not clear why you thought you needed the 64-bit version of Vista.
It is recommended only for those who absolutely need it; most people
should be using the 32-bit version.
Not all drivers come in a 64-bit version, and quite a few programs are
not compatible with 64-bit. That doesn't mean there is something
deficient about 64-bit Vista.

 

[Steve Cochran]

I got one of those small computers recently that use the Intel Atom
processor, and it came with XP, so I guess XP will be around for awhile. OE
RULES!!!!

<G>

steve

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

I understand the small netbook manufacturers have a special dispensation
from MS to continue using XP on those devices, because Vista would be
too slow on low horsepower hardware. Once Windows 7 is released, that
policy may change because Win7 is supposed to run well on modest
hardware.

 

[...winston]

 

[Steve Cochran]

There are already reports that those machines won't run Win7. Besides, why
would I want a machine that didn't have OE on it?

steve

I understand the small netbook manufacturers have a special dispensation
from MS to continue using XP on those devices, because Vista would be
too slow on low horsepower hardware. Once Windows 7 is released, that
policy may change because Win7 is supposed to run well on modest
hardware.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Good point with respect to your situation, but future buyers of a netbook
may not be so lucky as to have OE available. I'm sure MS will tweak
Win7 so it runs on newer netbook computers.