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Copying URL leaves out domain name

Hi

This is a strange one. Sometimes I will copy a hyperlink in an email to the clipboard and then paste it into the address bar of the browser. This usually works fine.

Today, I received an email from Dell with a link to updated firmware for a tape drive. I copied the link and pasted it into my browser (Internet Explorer 7), and the link was missing the domain name. When I hovered the mouse pointer over the link, the domain name is definitely there.

This is what Pegasus Mail displays when the link is displayed in the status bar:

But this is what is pasted:

http:///support/downloads/format.aspx?c=uk&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R216654&ref=sdc_dlsource

which fails.

Not really a problem as I was able to solve it by adding the domain name. Does anyone know what happened here?

<P>Hi</P> <P>This is a strange one. Sometimes I will copy a hyperlink in an email to the clipboard and then paste it into the address bar of the browser. This usually works fine.</P> <P>Today, I received an email from Dell with a link to updated firmware for a tape drive. I copied the link and pasted it into my browser (Internet Explorer 7), and the link was missing the domain name. When I hovered the mouse pointer over the link, the domain name is definitely there.</P> <P>This is what Pegasus Mail displays when the link is displayed in the status bar:</P> <P>[URL=http://img2.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pegasusdelllink1.jpg][IMG]http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/1774/pegasusdelllink1.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL]</P> <P>But this is what is pasted:</P> <P>http:///support/downloads/format.aspx?c=uk&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R216654&ref=sdc_dlsource</P> <P>which fails.</P> <P>Not really a problem as I was able to solve it by adding the domain name. Does anyone know what happened here?</P>
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