periods at end of URLs

[Michael Hurley]

I'd have to agree with Carole on this one. Besides the inconsistency of
mailers, I think it's a good practice NOT to include periods. Anyone who
creates handouts will know that if a sentence ends with a URL and a period,
patrons will (often) type the period. It goes against the grain to leave
them off, but you never know. People may also just copy and paste from
email, and may not even SEE the period they're copying.  I just leave a bit
more space where I would put a period.
	I don't think it's essential, but I do think it's a useful courtesy.

	Michael Hurley
	Veterinary Medical/Pharmacy Library
	Washington State University
	hurley at mail.wsu.edu

>I guess my point is that NOT adding a period to the URL will always work.
>Whereas, depending on which e-mail software, or version of, you have -
>periods, or brackets, or quotes, or whatever, other than blank spaces, fore
>and aft, might not work.
>
>Carole 
>______________________________
>Carole Leita, leita at netcom.com
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