Insert Complete HTML Into Google Post

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talkinggoat

I was wondering if there was a way to make the Google post accept html
code... Example:

<a href="http://www.microsoft.com">Microsoft</a>

I would like it to say just "Microsoft" and not the entire code.
Anyone know how to do this in Google groups?
 
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Lars Eighner

In our last episode,
the said:
I was wondering if there was a way to make the Google post accept html
code... Example:
I would like it to say just "Microsoft" and not the entire code.
Anyone know how to do this in Google groups?

There is not reason an honest person would want to do such a thing.

<http://www.example.com> in plain text is the accepted way of posting a
link to USENET. Newsreaders can follow such links and the <> prevents them
from breaking the line in the case of very long urls.

If you want to hide the true target, you can always use tinyurl or any other
similar service. Obviously fools are your intended victims, because people
who are not fools filter out posts in HTML and do not follow disguised links
that are posted by people they don't know.
 
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richard

I was wondering if there was a way to make the Google post accept html
code... Example:

<a href="http://www.microsoft.com">Microsoft</a>

I would like it to say just "Microsoft" and not the entire code.
Anyone know how to do this in Google groups?

if it were possible then google would have already allowed it.
Embedded html is considered a binary and since google don't do
binaries, that wouldn't be allowed anyway.

Outlook Express can post html directly but then binaries are not
allowed in text only groups. In doing so, you could possibly get your
account toasted.

Besides, most newsreaders display text as text regardless of it being
html or not.
 
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Stanimir Stamenkov

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Lars Eighner

In our last episode,
<[email protected]>,
the lovely and talented +mrcakey
broadcast on alt.html:
To be fair, you could use it to create a link to your site with your
keywords. For instance, I'd like to do this -
<a href="http://www.dreamberry.co.uk">Manchester Web Design</a>
but I can't.

However, you can make it easier for some newsreaders to find
the link by including the protocol:

http://www.manchester-website-design.co.uk Manchester Web Design

although most human beings will guess what it is without a caption.

If you are doing a site for The Therapists Organization or a shop
specializing in moleskin goods (The Mole Station) might have
problematic URLs.

Your url won't break in newsreaders until it is buried in many
levels of quotation, but it it were longer, angle brackets would
prevent many newsreaders from breaking it.

<http://www.example.com/therapists/molestation/myveryownpreciousblog/2008-08-04T15_00_00.html>
 
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richard

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:05:19 +0300, /Stanimir Stamenkov/:

Motzarella doesn't allow me to post in HTML /only/, but here's a
HTML-only (not a multipart/alternative) example:

http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.test/msg/c438d544e75e4781

Anyway, I think it is good people are not aided in posting HTML to
Usenet. :)

test groups generally allow anything. If you had posted that to a
regular text group, such as alt.html, you might get your account
fried. As I said, many newsreaders will not decode html as intended.
 
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Stanimir Stamenkov

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:39:07 -0700, /richard/:
test groups generally allow anything. If you had posted that to a
regular text group, such as alt.html, you might get your account
fried. As I said, many newsreaders will not decode html as intended.

If you haven't noticed my first reply is in HTML, but it is a
multiplart/alternative providing a text/plain version, too. HTML
alone is not binary but people often use it to link to embedded
images (binaries). Reading the "Terms of use" of my Usenet provider
I don't see mention of HTML being forbidden:

http://www.motzarella.org/index.php?showpage=terms

I'm not arguing HTML should be allowed on Usenet, but merely not
satisfied with the wording you've given.
 

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