I have used AOL as my Internet service provider since my (then) 8 year old granddaughter gave me her 'old' computer in the mid 80's. I know how to send links in an AOL email by sliding an AOL provided heart shaped symbol which appears on every web page opened in AOL, and depositing it on the email I am sending. So for example, if I had sent Ray's link about testing gum as an aid for swallowing, it would have shown up like this _CBC News - Health - Parkinson's patients test gum to help swallowing_ (http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/23/parkinson-chewing-gum.html) which I am presuming shows up as a live link for anyone receiving my post. Trouble is, since I have never used any other email system, I am ignorant of how or even whether other email systems have the same capability of sending live links. If they do, it would be nice to receive them in that manner. Now, if the link I provided does not arrive live in your email because of some security program filtering process, please forget I wrote this. Paul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn