Hi! * Michael campbell: > When posting a long url, give http://www.tinyurl.com/ a try. That > URL for example can also be: http://tinyurl.com/yw7xg Does anybody know what has happened to qurl.org? I recently tried to make a shorter link for http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-util.html?ca=dgr-lnxw03ArtWriting&S_TACT=103AMW38&S_CMP=DVCHL which I did copy and paste from the browser. For some unknown reason I got the well-known 'What kind of URL is that, dumbass?'. I did report that issue to freaky(a)qurl.net but didn't get a response so far :-< I prefer qurl.org for two reasons: The URL is shorter and - it is powered by Ruby. Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT -- http://oss.erdfunkstelle.de/ruby/ - German comp.lang.ruby-FAQ http://rubyforge.org/users/jupp/ - Ruby projects at Rubyforge -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Germany 2004: To boldly spy where no GESTAPO / STASI has spied before