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NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 18:09:39 +0000
Subject: Re: Clickable links to post in other threads - HOW?
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From: Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 13:09:38 -0500
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On 07/17/2023 10:22 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:
> 
>> Is alt.comp.software.seamonkey archived somewhere in a manner allowing a
>> clickable link to an arbitrary message to be included in the body of a post?
> 
>> I'm in the process of composing a question that needs references to
>> previous threads (primarily less than a year old).
> 
>> Comments/suggestions?
>> TIA
> 
> That a URL is turned into a clickable link is parsing by the newsreader
> and then a feature of that newsreader. URLs aren't always parseable for
> a lot of reasons, especially if there is a line break within the URL.
> You can't delimit it successfully with < and > because quoting the URL
> breaking across lines will break the URL adding the quote character.

I generally have good results by having a URL being the only thing on a 
post's line.

> 
> My suggestion is just cite the Message-ID.
> 
> Message-ID: <HsmcnQvoV-E8pCj5nZ2dnZfqn_GdnZ2d@supernews.com>
> 
> which can then be copied and pasted with the angle brackets into the
> Howard Knight article lookup.
> 

What/Where is "Howard Knight article lookup"?
Thank you.