periods at end of URLs

[Sloan, Bernie]

Despite the fact that my e-mail program handles this OK,
I never put punctuation at the end of a URL.....I always
try to format my e-mail notes so that relevant URLs are
on separate lines, without extraneous punctuation. I think
that it just makes it easier for people to note the URLs.
And not everyone has e-mail that allows you to click on
a URL in the text of an e-mail note.

Bernie Sloan
Senior Library Information Systems Consultant
University of Illinois Office for Planning & Budgeting
338 Henry Administration Building
506 S. Wright Street
Urbana, IL  61801
Phone: (217) 333-4895  
Fax: (217) 333-6355
Email: bernies at uillinois.edu

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Carole Leita [SMTP:leita at netcom.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, March 19, 1998 4:20 PM
> To:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	Re: periods at end of URLs
> 
> >This is a flaw in the email program that you use. For example, Eudora
> does
> >not have this problem as it realizes that if a period is at the end
> of a
> >URL it is most likely punctuation, so it does not pass it onto the
> browser.
> >It would probably be a good idea to update to a more recent version
> of your
> >email program or contact the vendor.
> 
> I AM using Eudora - version 3.0. I'm sure that there's a newer version
> available - I purchased it 6 months ago and we all know that's enough
> time
> to have at least 3 or 4 bug fixes and at least one complete new
> version. 
> 
> 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