Thanks everyone. I had tried 'regular' browsers but it came out looking like this:
(note: I'm holding the cursor (rendered invisible by screenshot) over the link to show the mal-formed URL address)
This is the actual text (partial section) of what arrived in my email:
Code:
<body bgcolor=3D=27=23D5E7F1=27 style=3D=27font-family: Arial, =27MS Treb=
uchet=27, sans-serif; padding: 5px 5px 5px 5px; background: =23F1F1F1=27>=
<center><div style=3D=27margin: 0; padding: 10px; background: =23F1F1F1=27=
><table width=3D=27635=27 border=3D=270=27 cellpadding=3D=270=27 cellspac=
ing=3D=270=27><tr style=3D=27margin: 0; padding: 0; height: 60px=27><td s=
tyle=3D=27margin: 0; padding: 0; height: 60px=27><img src=3D=27http://new=
sgroupdirect=2Ecom/images/layout/logo=2Egif=27 height=3D=2750=27 /></td><=
/tr><tr><td style=3D=27border-top:0px solid =23A3B8C5; border-right:0px s=
olid =23A3B8C5; border-left:0px solid =23A3B8C5; background-color:=23FEFE=
FE; padding: 10px 20px 10px 20px;=27 align=3D=27left=27><div style=3D=27m=
argin-top: 5px;=27><h1 style=3D=27font-family: Arial, =27MS Trebuchet=27,=
sans-serif; font-size: 24px;margin: 0 0 10px;padding: 0; color: =23000; =
background-color:=23FFF;=27>NewsgroupDirect Invite</h1><p style=3D=22font=
-family: Arial, =27MS Trebuchet=27, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: =
1em 0px;=22>=0A=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09Hi,=0A=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</p>=0A=
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D=22font-family: Arial, =27MS Trebuchet=27=
, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 1em 0px;=22>=0A=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=
=09You have been invited by LARRY NEWCOMB to try out our services, free, =
for 3 month(s)=2E <br/>Just visit the address below to get your free acc=
ount=2E=0A=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</p>=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=0A=09=09=
=09=09=09=09</div>=0A=09=09=09=09=09</td>=0A=09=09=09=09</tr><tr><td styl=
e=3D=22border-top:1px dashed =23A3B8C5; border-bottom:1px dashed =23A3B8C=
5; border-right:0px solid =23A3B8C5; border-left:0px solid =23A3B8C5; bac=
kground-color:=23FFFFCC; padding: 10px 20px 10px 20px;=22 align=3D=22left=
=22>=0A=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D=22font-family: Arial, =27MS Trebuche=
t=27, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: =23E50E07; margin: 1em 0px;=22>=
=0A=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<strong><a href=3D=22http://www=2Enewsgroupdirect=
=2Ecom/invite/?utm_source=3Dngd-customer-invite-email=26utm_medium=3Demai=
l=26utm_campaign=3Doutbound-customer-mail=26invite=3Dabbc17d849c31e68926e=
7f238d7c8e2f67f22a9e=21>Create Your Free Account</a></strong>=0A=09=09=09=
=09=09=09</p>=09=0A=09=09=09=09=09</td>=0A=09=09=09=09</tr><tr><td style=3D=
=27border-bottom:0px solid =23A3B8C5; border-right:0px solid =23A3B8C5; b=
order-left:0px solid =23A3B8C5; background-color:=23FEFEFE; padding: 10px=
20px 10px 20px;=27 align=3D=27left=27><p style=3D=27font-family: Arial, =
=27MS Trebuchet=27, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 1em 0px;=27><br/=
><br/>Thank you for choosing NewsgroupDirect as your usenet provider=2E<b=
r/><br/>Sincerely,<br/><strong>The NewsgroupDirect Team</strong><br/><br/=
(Note: In case anyone is wondering, I slightly altered the encryped part of signup link so it's not valid)
It was not hard to figure out, just simple substitution gave me a correctly formed hyperlink. I was just curious if other HTML views would display this properly. Maybe not -I downloaded and tried out a webpage creation tool, and it was no better.
Maybe I need to "get with the times" and start using a HTML/PHP//Ajax/Java/DirectX/Flash-enabled email reader.
But I long for the simple days when people sent plain old fashioned text in email
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