How can I tell what the real web address is for a link in an inco.

[Guest]

I was a an Outlook Express user and placing the cursor over a link in an
email would cause the real HTTP address to appear at the bottom left of the
screen. This was very useful in determining if an email was a 'Phisher'
since the address would not match the name of the organization on the email.
I have now moved to Outlook and find I have to blindly click on the links
because Outlook won't show me the actual address associated with the link. I
have tried right clicking and selecting "view source", but that give the
entire HTML of the page and picking out the address is difficult at best.
Ideas?

 

[DL]

So you 'blindly click' a link in a mail you dont know who its from?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Are you showing the status bar in Outlook?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, u000tbm asked:

| I was a an Outlook Express user and placing the cursor over a link in
| an email would cause the real HTTP address to appear at the bottom
| left of the screen. This was very useful in determining if an email
| was a 'Phisher' since the address would not match the name of the
| organization on the email. I have now moved to Outlook and find I
| have to blindly click on the links because Outlook won't show me the
| actual address associated with the link. I have tried right clicking
| and selecting "view source", but that give the entire HTML of the
| page and picking out the address is difficult at best. Ideas?

 

[Guest]

No, I don't click links from an unknown. I do receive emails from Paypal,
eBay and other institutions that I do business with. I would like to be able
to verify as real. (Not a Phisher.)