unable to copy hyperlinks in email messages

[tilly4]

I want to copy hyperlinks in my email so I can paste them into the browser
URL line. When I try to do so, a grey box appears below the link that shows
the URL that will be opened, and the browser opens up to that address. My
understanding is that it is dangerous to open links in email messages. Why
can't I just copy the link?? I suspect it may be some kind of security
setting. I am using Norton Internet Security System-- latest version.

I would appreciate any help with this. Thank you.

 

[Galen]

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I want to copy hyperlinks in my email so I can paste them into the browser
URL line. When I try to do so, a grey box appears below the link that
shows
the URL that will be opened, and the browser opens up to that address. My
understanding is that it is dangerous to open links in email messages.
Why
can't I just copy the link?? I suspect it may be some kind of security
setting. I am using Norton Internet Security System-- latest version.

I would appreciate any help with this. Thank you.

What happens if you highlight it and press CTRL + C?

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backwards. That is a very useful accomplishment, and a
very easy one, but people do not practise it much. In the every-day affairs
of life it is more useful to reason forwards, and so
the other comes to be neglected. There are fifty who can reason
synthetically for one who can reason analytically." - Sherlock
Holmes

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

How are you doing it? I can select (and see the grey box with link), right
click and copy, no problem.

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[tilly4]

I can't right click on the grey box. It disappears when I do so. When I
right click the hyperlink, 'copy' is greyed out, and the only options are:
select all and view source-- the latter just brings up a formatting of the
message in the e-mail.

Today, when I wanted to click on a link in my e-mail that would direct me to
responses to my question, the grey box began with 'blocked', and the link
led to an empy page.

Can someone please help me? What is going on here? By the way, I am using
Office 2003.

How are you doing it? I can select (and see the grey box with link), right
click and copy, no problem.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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I want to copy hyperlinks in my email so I can paste them into the browser
URL line. When I try to do so, a grey box appears below the link that
shows
the URL that will be opened, and the browser opens up to that address. My
understanding is that it is dangerous to open links in email messages.
Why
can't I just copy the link?? I suspect it may be some kind of security
setting. I am using Norton Internet Security System-- latest version.

I would appreciate any help with this. Thank you.

 

[tilly4]

If I knew how to think backwards to solve this problem, I would do surely do
it. If you have any suggestions as to how to solve the problem, I would
appreciate receiving them.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

blocked is added to suspected phishing urls. what folder is the message in?
Is every message affected or just some?

If you select the URL and click Ctrl+C, does it copy? BTW - the grey box is
not clickable or usable in any manner - its just to show you the path the
link points to, in case its different than the one that is in the message.



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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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I can't right click on the grey box. It disappears when I do so. When I
right click the hyperlink, 'copy' is greyed out, and the only options
are:
select all and view source-- the latter just brings up a formatting of the
message in the e-mail.

Today, when I wanted to click on a link in my e-mail that would direct me
to
responses to my question, the grey box began with 'blocked', and the link
led to an empy page.

Can someone please help me? What is going on here? By the way, I am
using
Office 2003.

How are you doing it? I can select (and see the grey box with link),
right
click and copy, no problem.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
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I want to copy hyperlinks in my email so I can paste them into the
browser
URL line. When I try to do so, a grey box appears below the link that
shows
the URL that will be opened, and the browser opens up to that address.
My
understanding is that it is dangerous to open links in email messages.
Why
can't I just copy the link?? I suspect it may be some kind of security
setting. I am using Norton Internet Security System-- latest version.

I would appreciate any help with this. Thank you.

 

[tilly4]

Diane,

Only some hyperlinks come up with a blocked grey box. Surprisingly, one
that came up blocked was the e-mail from microsoft discussion groups telling
me that there was a response to my message. It seems unlikely to me that
this would be identified as a likely phishing url. The messages are in the
inbox folder. I am a member of the L.A. Computer Society. One of the
members told me how to copy the hyperlinks-- in essence, I copy them by
selecting after the last letter in the hyperlink, highlighting the link from
right to left-- when I do that, the copy option appears when I right click.
I was able to copy a link in your message using Control + C-- so now I have a
couple of ways to do so.

Thanks so much for your help. I was mystified by the grey boxes, and afraid
that I was compromising my security by relying on them before clicking.

Elizabeth Weinberger

blocked is added to suspected phishing urls. what folder is the message in?
Is every message affected or just some?

If you select the URL and click Ctrl+C, does it copy? BTW - the grey box is
not clickable or usable in any manner - its just to show you the path the
link points to, in case its different than the one that is in the message.



--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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I can't right click on the grey box. It disappears when I do so. When I
right click the hyperlink, 'copy' is greyed out, and the only options
are:
select all and view source-- the latter just brings up a formatting of the
message in the e-mail.

Today, when I wanted to click on a link in my e-mail that would direct me
to
responses to my question, the grey box began with 'blocked', and the link
led to an empy page.

Can someone please help me? What is going on here? By the way, I am
using
Office 2003.

How are you doing it? I can select (and see the grey box with link),
right
click and copy, no problem.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
(e-mail address removed)

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
(e-mail address removed)

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


I want to copy hyperlinks in my email so I can paste them into the
browser
URL line. When I try to do so, a grey box appears below the link that
shows
the URL that will be opened, and the browser opens up to that address.
My
understanding is that it is dangerous to open links in email messages.
Why
can't I just copy the link?? I suspect it may be some kind of security
setting. I am using Norton Internet Security System-- latest version.

I would appreciate any help with this. Thank you.