Another solution is to put a text link in the message so the full URL doesn't show. To do that, write this UBB code:

[ URL=putLongURLhere]text[/URL]

(without the space after the first left bracket, which I had to add here so UBB wouldn't treat this example as a URL and hide the stuff I was trying to show.)

The reader will see the text in bold blue type. Clicking it will open "putLongURLhere" in a new window.

Either way, long URLs in posts are unnecessary. If someone puts one in a post, there's nothing a reader can do about it.

(edited to add the space)

[This message has been edited by Efrem (edited 07-04-2003).]