TinyURL - for sharing those pesky long URLS

I'm sending this notice to several Yahoo horticultural groups, so some
users may see it more than once.

Sooner or later, most internet and Yahoo users are faced with the
wrapped URL problem. This occurs when extra long URLS from mapping
sites, Yahoo picture galleries and other web pages which rely on
databases are pasted into messages. Typically, the long URL is wrapped
and otherwise mangled by Yahoo and email software, causing headaches
for many unsuspecting users who wish to follow the links. I recently
discovered a great site which solves this problem neatly.

http://tinyurl.com

You simply paste in your long URL, and TinyURL creates a small link to
it. Very handy! It turned this:

http://MapsOnUs.switchboard.com/bin/maps-maponly/usr=~3cefc876.7917f.6c51.8/c=10/refsrc=SB.newsb/formName=setclickpost

into this:

http://tinyurl.com/7n1

A good site to bookmark, they also provide HTML code for a form which
you can incorporate into your own HTML pages.

Ken Kehl