X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,1a4d04e2ee16e254 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-30 10:12:46 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!diablo.theplanet.net!news.theplanet.net!not-for-mail From: "Andrew Z Carpenter" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Nerd Boy Fan Art (I hope you all like it, but I don't think you will :) Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 18:12:43 -0000 Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-1155.lemur.dialup.pol.co.uk X-Trace: news8.svr.pol.co.uk 1009735965 737 217.135.132.131 (30 Dec 2001 18:12:45 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 30 Dec 2001 18:12:45 GMT X-Complaints-To: abuse@theplanet.net X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:13105 > "Philip Newton" wrote in > message news:kp5u2u82vcaev40d9jfar6neekqngq4qeq@4ax.com... > > Similarly, there are no slashes in news links. That's because the > double slash starts a hostname (as in > ftp://ftp.example.com/path/filename.ext or > http://www.example.com/path/URL), but mailto:postmaster@example.com and > news:abcdefgh@example.com don't have a hostname. If you are specifying a news *server* AND a *group* on that server, use the format: news://host.nameofserver.com/name.of.newsgroup However, if you are just specifying a *group* then use: news:name.of.newsgroup I agree, a mailto link is simply: mailto:email@hostname.com Andrew, teaching his grandmother to suck eggs.