I get HTML emails with URLs in them that are NOT links. I rely on Thunderbird converting these URLs into links by interpreting the message.
I have Thunderbird 52 installed on 2 Windows computers - on one the URLs convert to links automatically, on the other they are shown as text.
I found a work-around by switching Body view to plain text (then the URLs are converted to a links) however then I lose the ability to view images in emails and need to switch back and forth between text and HTML view.
I thought this is related to some scam/spam filtering and now allowed all remote content in the settings but it's still not showing the links. I tried re-installing thunderbird.
Does anyone know why this is occuring? What controls if a text link in a HTML message is converted to a link or not?
URLs not converting to links in HTML view
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Re: URLs not converting to links in HTML view
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(Always choose the "Custom" Install.)
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Re: URLs not converting to links in HTML view
This happens when a message sent from some mobile mail apps includes a link that is entered directly as a URL, rather than embedded in a string of text, e.g. like http://www.url.lnk instead of like this. The mail app has no plain text option, just 'rich text'. There are a couple of add-ons that simplify the opening of such links:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunde ... text-link/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thunde ... /url-link/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunde ... text-link/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thunde ... /url-link/
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Re: URLs not converting to links in HTML view
I tried these add-ons before, they are for old versions of Thunderbird therefore won't work with 52. It looks like they are no longer maintained as this functionality is now built-in.
How come converting URLs to links in HTML body works on one install of Thunerbird but not another with the same email?
Again I'm referring to this type of structure:
Where they forget to make the URL into a link.
These are automated emails from a service that give a link to a file download.
How come converting URLs to links in HTML body works on one install of Thunerbird but not another with the same email?
Again I'm referring to this type of structure:
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<HTML>
<BODY>
https://www.google.com/
</BODY>
</HTML
These are automated emails from a service that give a link to a file download.