Line breaks in URLs sent with Apple Mail

Does anyone know when/if Apple plans on repairing the flaw in Mail that splits URLs into multiple lines, making it hard for recipients to view recommended links?
I recognize there are ways around this including TinyURL, embedding URLs in short words, and re-assembly of the URL on the recipient's end. However, it is Apple that is failing to comply with RFC-3676 ("The Text/Plain Format and DelSp Parameters"), which states:
[A] generating agent SHOULD NOT insert a space in an unnatural location... If faced with such a word which exceeds 78 characters (but less than 998 characters, the [SMTP] limit on line length), the agent SHOULD send the word as is... (RFC-3676, February 2004, at 7)
Apple should fix this. Yes, there are workarounds. But Apple is not complying with the established email standard.
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I don't know how much sending suggestions through
that channel really helps.
It's the right way to tell them what you want. Sending suggestions here in the forum is a total waste of everyone's time, that's for sure.
I know they won't reply
unless they can see some over all bennefits for their
own good...
I don't think they ever reply, for reasons of time and resources, but that has nothing to do with what kind of action they may be taking about a suggestion.

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http://support.apple.com/downloads/Mac_OS_X_10_5_8_Combo_Update

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We recently discovered the problem where emails with attachments sent from Apple Mail were being received in Outlook, blank but with BOTH the attachment and the email itself as an ATT00001.htm attachment!
I've discovered that the problem kicks in if the attachment is placed BEFORE the email message! If I write an email and then add an attachment AFTERWARD, ie. below the text, there is no problem.
I hope this helps...

Hi, you could try Universal Mailer plugin (http://noware-it.zxq.net), it solves this issue by correctly handling attachments. This also solves the problem for inlined images, which can now be correctly seen by recipients.
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ATT00001.htm attachment in Outlook when sent with Apple Mail

Hi,
This issue was highlighted previously
ATT00001.htm shows up along a Mail attachment
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8433141
Apple mail compatibility issues / ATT00001.c
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8239867
Both of these topics are locked so I couldn't comment about this annoying issue there and had to start a new topic.
Looks like no-one is able to get to the bottom of this very annoying issue including Experts Exchange who I signed up for to see the answer they had given (their website is ranked highly in Google for this problem).
I thought I would post the comments from Experts Exchange here to save anyone signing up for a free trial just to get their answer like I did...
Title:
Mac Mail att htm issue in outlook
Question:
I'm using mac original mail software. I did set my HTML style template. The software is best ever.
And works good when I send email to outlook users on PC. However if I attach PDF for example, it does go through and outlook users get it, however when they open message all they see.
- attached PDF
- and att00001.htm file which has inside email text
Not everybody gets idea to open it and thy think it is empty email. The same email will be sent to apple user everything looks properly. Why email text is converting into the htm file? It happens only if i attach something to my message, if I don't then email text is not being converted to htm attachment.
I think there are a lot of user that know this issue, did anybody find a solution yet?
Thank you
jhyiesla:
I don't think there is anything you can really do about it.
I think that it's how the receivers program is going to interpret it.
For example, I sent an email to my Outlook account from my Mac with just an attachment; no text. I looked at the email in Outlook 2000 and I see the attachment as an item in the body text section of the email. When I look at that same email in Outlook 2003 the attachment shows in the attachment area under the subject line and the body text area is blank.
Then I sent another one with an attachment and some text in the body of the email. In Outlook 2000 I see the text in the text area and the attachment as well as a attxxx file in an area at the bottom of the email. The att file was empty. In Outlook 2003 that same email as the attachment and the empty att file in the attachment area at the top and under the subject line and in the body text area of the email is the text that I typed.
Although Mac Mail uses standard protocols, which is why you can send an email to a Windows PC, it just does some different things. In the WIndows world Outlook and Outlook Express also handle some things differently.
Goldblum:
Thank you for your reply
This issue makes mail.app useless, do you have any recommendations?
Other client which are as good as the mail.app or would be nice to know what is forcing to convert body text to attachment? I could reduce beautiness of my email template by taking out header (jpg) or not using rich text. What exactly is forcing outlook to convert body to attxxxxx.htm file?
jhyiesla:
I truly don't know the answer to that question. Sometimes similar things happen coming the other way. I'll get emails in to my Mac Mail that have jpg files and I'll see the actual pictures in the body of the email.
I happen to also have Office 2008 for the Mac installed and when I sent my self a message and looked at it in Outlook 2000 and XP, the email looked "normal" in all instances. The attachment was marked as an attachment, text was where it should be and no att file.
There are other email clients that would probably work on the Mac like Thunderbird... but I'm guessing that you'd have a similar thing as happens with mac mail. Still it might be worth the download to test it out.
Goldblum:
I used entourage and same HTML template for email and have no problems. It is just so that entourage is as any other MS product "broken" out of the box but did good job and same message is not being converted to HTML attachment when it goes to outlook on PC. I will continue researching internet because it has to be solved. I can't send a message to client without comment to attached invoice. This is so not professional. I will play more with settings of mail.app to see what else can be done to avoid conversion.
jhyiesla:
Entourage probably works well with Outlook because they're both MS products and MS is going to have somewhat similar looks to all their Office products... although there is quite a bit of difference between Entourage and Outlook.
Here's a link that may help you on your search:
http://email.about.com/od/macemailclients/tp/free.htm

As mentioned, Outlook is not email standards compliant. It probably never will be based on Microsoft's history. However, I think there are various issues involved in the problems people have. I often send emails from home to my Outlook account at work. I have never experienced any of the problems that I've seen posted anywhere regarding Mail and Outlook.
My conclusion is that there are issues with certain Exchange Server configurations and/or issues with your own ISP mail server causing the issues.
I do have my system set up to Always send windows friendly attachments (from what I've read, this really is 'send Outlook friendly attachments'), and always put attachments at the end. Prior to the 'always put attachments at the end,' I wasn't having any issues, either. However, I read that that setting helped with other email clients, so I use it.
The obvious question is, "well, how is your exchange server configured." I would love to provide the answer to that question; however, I work for a DoD organization, so actually tracking down the person that knows the answer to that question will take somewhere between five years and never. With my 20+ years experience with the DoD, I'm leaning towards the never end of the spectrum. The other half of the equation is, "I'm using cox as my ISP."

Mail Message URLs like message: ... not working with Apple Mail any more

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In the lasts 24 hours, without making changes to hardware or software, Mail has quit retrieving mail from my gmail accounts.
While I never receive any sort of warning about passwords or other issue, I simply get this:
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The Church Email account is an old one that is no longer active... I just haven't removed it from my list. But the "verify username and password" message is consistent... Strangely enough, down the same window - the SMTP connection works just fine. I can sent mail from all of my gmail accounts using Mail... Considering that the user name/password is the same for both sending and receiving mail.. SOMETHING is funky with Apple Mail.
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Michael Battenfield wrote:
Anybody have a guess what to check? This is frustrating.
Did you change any setting in Mail? Did you change your gmail account password? Did you activate 2-step verification on your gmail account?
If you haven't done anything from above, maybe problem is with your network... Did you try to turn off your router for few minutes and then turn ON again?
Did you install any 3rd party security apps on your Mac? Did you enable system firewall? Do you use any proxy servers? Do you use VPN?
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Michael Battenfield wrote:
SOMETHING is funky with Apple Mail.
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Emails always are suck in outbox when sent through Apple mail

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Secure Emailing with Apple Mail/OS X

Greetings everyone.
I've been tangled in an email mess for a month now, and I need to resolve it before a hoard of friends and business contacts lose faith in me. All ideas are welcome!
The story so far. Our family has multiple email accounts with a local ISP, vallnet.com. A month ago we finally got satellite internet access through HughesNet.com. We want to keep a cheap account with vallnet, though, and continue using our vallnet email addresses. Vallnet has a procedure for accessing their email servers through another ISP. I followed their instructions, imported their authentication certificate, and was able to download emails.
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I've spent a month wrestling with this mess. I keep calling various company's tech support lines, but there seems to be a universal rule that forbids techs from two companies from consulting with each other. They keep telling me that the problem is not on their end, and spouting technical Jibberish that I try to relay to the next tech on the next call. I'm afraid they all realize I haven't got a clue, and my sanity and sense of humor have just about evaporated.
Okay, Folks, any ideas?
Many thanks!
Kim
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Hello and thanks.
Yes, at vallnet's suggestion I tried using port 587 and later port 425. No luck. They say that other mail programs are not having difficulties.
They said they had found some articles on the web about how other small ISPs had also had difficulties with secure connections and Apple Mail. I have not found any such articles yet, and they have not forwarded any links to me.
Yes, I have been wondering which set of tech support folks was giving me the biggest runaround. You're probably correct, though I suspect both have been less than enthusiastic about trying.
Yep, we've considered switching email addresses. With several businesses and some personal accounts, this would be a major headache. It seems like a good last resort, but not something that we are happy to do. If we can figure out secure emails, this would be far preferable.
I do appreciate the feedback. I will keep your suggestion in reserve.
Many thanks!

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