From: chamilton5280@invalid.com   
      
   On 2025-09-29, badgolferman  wrote:   
   > On 09/29/2025 10:22, hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote:   
   >> On Mon, 29 Sep 2025 10:08:16 -0400, badgolferman   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 09/28/2025 21:39, Ed P wrote:   
   >>>> Oh, so close, but no cigar   
   >>>>   
   >>>> https://tinyurl.com/43xwx3r2   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> FYI...   
   >>>   
   >>> TinyURLs are not trusted by many people.  You never know what's on the   
   >>> other side of that link and it's suspicious.  The regular URL copied   
   >>>from the address bar is more appropriate.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>   Is there a better way to   shorten  those  links   
   >> that are   forever  long  .. ?   .. to post in usenet or emails.   
   >>   John T.   
   >   
   >   
   > How much effort is involved in copy/paste from the address bar?  It's   
   > certainly less steps than creating a TinyURL.   
      
   Newsreaders can wrap the URL by inserting CR (or CRLF), making it   
   a pain to use.   
      
   > The original URL provides lots of information about the hosting website   
   > and whether it's safe to click on it.  That would be my suggestion.   
      
   The best thing is to provide the full URL and the tinyurl.   
      
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