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[Matt Graham]

On 2014-05-09 13:19, Michael Havens wrote:
> [I'm using] gmail [and I want to know how to insert a link that
> doesn't look like http://example.com/ into an HTML-formatted message]

You have to be using "rich text" mode.[0]  In the gmail composer's menu 
(to the right of the "send" button), there'll be an icon that looks like 
a link.  Click that icon (or press Ctrl-K) and you'll get a dialog box.  
In the "text to display" part, put the text you'd like to have 
displayed, like "a hamster wearing a football helmet".  In the "web 
address" part, put a link like 
http://crow202.org/2010/hamster_football.jpg .  Push the "OK" button.  
You now have a link in your HTML-formatted mail.  The message source 
will contain <a href="http://crow202.org/2010/hamster_football.jpg" 
target="_blank">a hamster wearing a football helmet</a> . [1]

This is supposed to be an intuitive interface.  Go figure.

[0] This is usually used to spam horrible fonts, colors, background 
images, and useless junk, but I guess it can be used to do useful 
things.
[1] Experienced folks never, ever just follow a link without checking 
where it goes first to make sure it's not link to a RickRoll or 
goatse.cx .  DO NOT SEARCH FOR goatse.cx EVER.

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