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I'm a bit amazed at how much these URL shorteners have caught on. I've started to see them used in email sent internally by Corporate folks at my company, as l

• wmf 17y ago
  Of course, many corporate Web sites are so poorly designed that every URL is longer than 80 characters and thus may be mangled in email.
  • snprbob86 17y ago
    Most corporate email travels via Exchange with Rich Text, so the 80 character limit doesn't apply. That's just what "normal users" use; rightfully so. For us hackers: When sending plain text messages, you should encase urls in <angle_brackets> to prevent breaking and especially the trailing period problem like <www.google.com>.
    • silvestrov 17y ago
      You forgot: Lotus Notes. Mishandles html emails so much, the new Outlook is pure perfection compared to it. (grumbles over having to implement a complex receipt email for a company that uses Notes internally).
• byrneseyeview 17y ago
  Maybe it's a subtle way to make sure they're being read.