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Eudora Email Client Breaks HTML Links Without Quotes

 
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Jesper Frier
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Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 5:12 am    Post subject: Eudora Email Client Breaks HTML Links Without Quotes Reply with quote
Looking into a problem for a client with Eudora recipients, I discovered that Eudora Email Client do not render malformed HTML links correct.

One of the users had a link in her HTML email signature that was missing quotes around the URL. As the build-in Super user Cockpit Editor automatically inserts quotes around the URL, this email signature was not created and distributed centrally by the Super user:

Incorrect:
Code:
<a href=http://www.example.com?test=mylink>Learn more</a>


Correct:
Code:
<a href="http://www.example.com?test=mylink">Learn more</a>


Both links worked find when tested in popular webmail clients. Unfortunately less popular email clients like Eudora Mail will break the link.

Technically a link without quotes is improper HTML usage, but most email clients do handle it just fine which can cause the error to go unnoticed.

The build-in Super user Cockpit Editor:

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