First submission for ages and it got accepted :-)

Hiya All.

Message-id:

If you can't check out message IDs then have a look in rec.humor.funny :)

Ali...

I always do anyway.

Well done.

Ponder...

It's the first one I've sent since "Paint", which was also accepted ;)

MCC...

That link shows as an e-mail address in my newsreader and not as a message

Ponder...

Then look in rec.humor.funny :)

pmj...

That's cos (some) Newsreaders just look at the text in the Post
& if they see an "@" Character with other (non-Space & non-Punctuation)
Characters each side of it, (which a Message-ID has, just like an
eMail Address does) they just *assume* that it's an eMail Address...
Some other Newsreaders offer a choice.

For example...

a@b.c
x@y.z
this-isnt-actually-an-em@il.address
thisis@nother.example.com
test@test.invalid

Many Newsreaders will show them as Clickable (*eMail*) Links

Ali...

That's interesting: Xnews correctly identified the bare message-id as a news
link, but opens a new mail window for all the above.

I wonder if it guesses based on the proportion of non-letter characters?

pmj...

See above.

Yep.

While *some* Newsreaders do offer a choice, with ambiguous things
like that, it's far better if people include the Protocol bit, (the
can then be sure of what it is.
(as far as I know, all Newsreaders that offer a choice when they see

If someone *does* Post just a Message-ID like that (without the
& Paste the Text (not Click the Link).

Paste it into the AddressBar of your Web Browser (or the Start>Run Box)
Or Press [Enter]

Here, try this...

or this (with Round the URL, as is recommended)...

They should both show up as a Clickable Link, but because they

Also, notice these, which (even though they don't have an "@" in them)
are shown (by many Newsreaders) as *eMail* Links cos of the "mailto:"
Protocol bit in them...

mailto:test
mailto:another.test

Ali...

Jbexf OK for me.

Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +...

Well it still don't 'ere. :(

Wrinklie One =?iso-8859-1?Q?=A9?=...

Which could work in Timmies favour, his 5 setter giving him more match
experience

Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +...

But he's an old man, he'll be cream crackered, and no rest day, 'cos he
should have played this match yesterday. :(

ID :-(