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 hamster wearing a football helmet . [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. -- Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress There is no Darkness in Eternity But only Light too dim for us to see. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss