How to solve problem of broken link in mail using Asp.net

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Hello,

In my project i need to send confirmation link to user in a mail.Now, problem is that when user receives mail, the link is divided in two lines from which first line act as a hyperlink but the second line behaves as a simple text and it does not navigate user to right page.
Please help me!

Thanks!

Posted 27-Mar-11 19:16pm

zan0701

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m@dhu 28-Mar-11 1:24am

Are you using a html template? Probably a </br> is coming in between the two lines. Show your code.

zan0701 28-Mar-11 2:52am

No, It's not alike. I checked it and even removed all whitespace,too.

m@dhu 28-Mar-11 4:13am

If you could show the code it would be easy for us to help.

zan0701 28-Mar-11 4:37am

I have used .resx file and the link where i have declared a variable which is having an anchor tag in value :
href="{2}ConfirmEmail.aspx?ID={0}&Code={1}"
where i pass the values for {0},{1} and {2}.
I use this variable in email body.

m@dhu 28-Mar-11 4:58am

Check my answer.

zan0701 28-Mar-11 5:47am

zan0701 - 16 mins ago
Thanks but it is not the solution. the content of mail is :

Please click on this link to confirm you new email:
Click Here
http://www.myproject.com/ConfirmEmail.aspx?ID=01f9c53bbba04fb2aca2a66f0
4724040 &Code=632201720

As you can see in some email the link is very long and the hyperlink often does not encompass the entire link.

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Parwej Ahamad · Answer 1 · 2011-03-27T19:23:00

Solution 1

It seems issue with URL query string. So use URL encoding when you are placing in email.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zttxte6w.aspx[^]

Posted 27-Mar-11 19:23pm

Parwej Ahamad

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zan0701 28-Mar-11 4:28am

Thanks Parwej. But it's not the solution of my problem. Because, Link is working when it is in single line but when half of link goes in second line then it cause problem.

Parwej Ahamad 28-Mar-11 4:31am

Post here your C# Code and Email Text

zan0701 28-Mar-11 4:51am

I have used .resx file and the link where i have declared a variable which is having an anchor tag in value :
href="{2}ConfirmEmail.aspx?ID={0}&Code={1}"
where i pass the values for {0},{1} and {2}.
I use this variable in email body.

m@dhu · Answer 2 · 2011-03-27T22:47:00

Solution 2

Use a string for the url and then concatenate with other content. Check below..

string strBody="";
string EMAIL="test@test.test";
string myURL = "http://www.testweb.com/testpage.aspx?eml=" + EMAIL.ToString();
strBody = strBody + "Date: <strong>" + DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString()+ "</strong><br><br>";
strBody = strBody + "<a href=" + myURL + " targer= _blank>click here</a>";

Posted 27-Mar-11 22:47pm

m@dhu

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zan0701 28-Mar-11 5:30am

Thanks but it is not the solution. the content of mail is :

Please click on this link to confirm you new email:
Click Here
http://www.myproject.com/ConfirmEmail.aspx?ID=01f9c53bbba04fb2aca2a66f0
4724040 &Code=632201720

As you can see in some email the link is very long and the hyperlink often does not encompass the entire link.

m@dhu 28-Mar-11 5:48am

Just show click here instead of complete link.
Your link should show only click here without the complete link.