Re: A dumb question regarding sending email

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:07:41 -0400, tedd sperling wrote: >I have a herdoc that I send out as an email -- no problems there. > >However, how do I include a link within it? > >If I use http://example.com, it's just a string but not an >actual link. > >So, how do you format a link in a heredoc? a) most email programs will detect that plain-text URL and turn it into a link when displaying the email, so... maybe you don't want to bother! b) send the email with an HTML body (either instead of or in addition to the plain-text body), and use the standard <a href='http://example.com/'>http://example.com/</a> in the HTML body. You'll need to catch the heredoc as a string, and replace any URLs with the anchored URL as above. -- Ross McKay, Toronto, NSW Australia "Before enlightenment: chop wood, carry water; After enlightenment: chop wood, carry water" - Wu Li