Hi Gordon, This doesn't take me anywhere but to a search engine, I even tried adding www. before it. Could you tell me the name of the site? I was wondering how you got the shortened versions you send. When I send something I add the hyperlink (is that the correct word) which is underlined so folks can just click on it but it doesn't seem to go through on this message board and instead is translated. Thanks Eleanor In a message dated 8/22/2010 4:38:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, gordon.w.evans@btinternet.com writes: Listers wishing to post url's with ridiculously-long extensions may perhaps be interested in the free 'shortening' service offered by this site :- http://url.ie/ I use it regularly myself and haven't so far experienced any problems. Regards Gordon ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message