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Anonymous
2021-06-23T06:25:57+00:00

This is an odd one and doesn't fit into any forum:

A friend copied a link I sent her for members to click to view a newsletter on Google Drive. No typing was involved just straight copy and paste. It was a task that has been done many times in the past.

The link I sent was this, which worked fine, It was also the text members clicked on. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D8MHt0tf1JeAE2T3IEYACKoTtMov4hn5/view?usp=sharing.But when members viewed her email and tried to use the link it failed and the reason was, somehow this had happened...https://drive.googlecom/file/d/1D8MHt0tf1JeAE2T3IEYACKoTtMov4hn5/view?usp=sharing The link had changed. Note there is a full stop missing between google and com - Hence it did not work.

I have never encountered this ever before and I can find no mention of it on the net. Any suggestions?

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  1. Rodrigo Queiroz 78,005 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2021-06-23T20:55:20+00:00

    I see, it could be some kind of corruption on the copy and paste, but missing only a full stop is too specific for corruption or something like that

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-06-23T20:48:50+00:00

    Thanks again.

    This was sent out using a mass newsletter mailing system and has been done many times before, but of course it could be human error, but the sender did absolutely specify it was all copy and paste.

    I was curious as to whether anyone else had experienced it.

    Cheers

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  3. Rodrigo Queiroz 78,005 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2021-06-23T07:43:21+00:00

    Well, maybe you accidentally deleted the full stop while typing the e-mail and didn't see it.

    Since you copied the original link and pasted it on the notepad with no problems, that's the only thing I can presume.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-06-23T07:26:41+00:00

    Thanks for your prompt reply.

    I discovered this by copying both the original link and the emailed out one and pasted them onto notepad, where I noticed they were slightly different lengths and hence spotted the error.

    It was sent out on omail. It was only sent once to members.

    Just a very strange glitch.

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  5. Rodrigo Queiroz 78,005 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2021-06-23T07:01:18+00:00

    Hi cathy2536,

    I'm Rodrigo, Independent Advisor and I will help you.

    That's really odd, but did you test it and it happened again?

    When you press WinKey + V, can you see the link on the clipboard?

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