Russell McMahon wrote:

> The "www." prefix is unneeded and can be omitted or replaced with 
> anything else. Putting it there makes the email program make the link 
> alive.
> 
>                 anythingworks.russell.servepics.com
> 
> but link may not be a live one
> 
>     also            russell.servepics.com
> 
> You can force it to look alive when sent
> 
>             russell.servepics.com
> 
> by deleting the www once entered. But i don't know if the link stays 
> alive.

None of these were "alive" -- with my email program. Since you sent plain
text, there's no link information embedded in the message, so whether the
link is "alive" or not depends on the receiver's email program, not the
sender's or anything the sender does.

One thing that works with many email programs is to use the proper address:

	http://russell.servepics.com/

should be "alive" in many email clients.

Gerhard
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