Broken URLs in Postings (was: Record Credit card heist...TJM)



In a recent note, Ed Finnell said:

in:

http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0703&L=ibm-main&P=240587

Subject: Record Credit card heist...TJM

_http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8O5TU180.htm_
(http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8O5TU180.htm)

Hi, Ed,

Why is it that URLs in articles you post appear twice with
neither being usable; the first because of the appended '_',
the second because of the appended ')'?

Can't you just write the URL once, with no noise characters?
Such as:

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8O5TU180.htm

Thanks,
gil
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