Mail and links

[Chaywa]

In mail when I try to send URLs I paste them into the message and they come up as plain text.

I highlight them and say "edit link" this gives me a field in which to enter the URL I want to link to.

But If I highlight and change another link in the message it opens up the same window and if I paste the new URL the previous link will now jump to this URL.

Is there a way to have more than one external link in a Mail message?

 

[mkrishnan]

Hmmmm... let me make sure I understand what you are doing....

You write in text, highlight it, and then select Edit->Add Hyperlink. And then you paste the URL into the hyperlink, changing the text to a link. And then you repeat the process, except both links go to the same site instead of different sites.

Is that correct?

I tried it, and I did not get this effect -- I did not have trouble having multiple links to different sites in one e-mail. I hate to say this, but just bear with me. Are you sure that: (a) you are highlighting the right text each time, and (b) you are pasting in the right URL each time?

 

[Chaywa]

The answer to the first part is yes, you comprehended the message exactly.

The answer to the second part is no. I am positive that I am selecting different text and pasting in a new URL. I can't figure out why the previous link take son the ne URL. Perhaps it is a preference or smth.

 

[Chaywa]

Of course now when I try it it works!

perhaps it is because I was using the "edit link" command in the contextual click menu rather than the "Add hyperlink" command. I think I'll stick to the latter.

Thanks

 

[mkrishnan]

perhaps it is because I was using the "edit link" command in the contextual click menu rather than the "Add hyperlink" command. I think I'll stick to the latter.

Ooooh, yeah, perhaps Edit Link changes the existing one instead of adding a new one? Anyway, glad it worked out!