Is there a short URL facility on microsoft IIS (similar to .htaccess on linux)

On May 9, 12:06 am, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
> ship wrote:
>
> > Hi
>
> > Sorry to ask a newbie question
> > but is there a utility in Microsoft IIS server (v6 latest) that lets
> > us use *short*
> > URLs in our emails to our customers.
>
> > i.e. is there any re-direct facility built into ms IIS, that lets us
> > easily set up
> > multiple redirects... without bothering our technical staff each time
> > something
> > is changed ?
>
> > The basic problem is that we all know, all "From:" email addresses can
> > readily be spoofed and that the user has no way of knowing whether or
> > not any
> > email is genuinely from us.
>
> > Worse, if we send an HTML email (in msOutlook at least) the user
> > simply has no
> > way of knowing whether the hypertext link in the email being displayed
> > will in fact take them to our website or somewhere else.
>
> > Our solution is to focus mainly on sending *plain text* emails.
> > BUT the problem with plain text emails is that any URL longer
> > than about 65 characters is likely to get broken when arrives
> > in the users email software (due to wrapping).
>
> > With thanks
>
> > Ship
> > Shipert
>
> You could try isapi/rewrite <http://www.isapirewrite.com/>. It does the
> same on IIS as Apache's mod_rewrite. And if you only have one site,
> it's free.
>
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> Jerry Stuckle
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> jstuck...@attglobal.net
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You could also try IIS Mod-Rewrite ( http://www.micronovae.com/ModRewrite/ModRewrite.html
). It is fully compatible with apache mod_rewrite and also its Pro
version supports .htaccess (!!!). Very solid solution with many more
features than isapi rewrite.