Embedded links in old posts now working

[Tom Poje]

recently I was looking something up on the internet and the following appeared

but clicking on those links did nothing.

King Dave Baker indicated the following (after a big ARRRGGHHH)

 

I am finding that I can reach the intended target pages by doing some manual fiddling -- e.g. the first link below has a "t=4889" which means this link will work instead:

   https://benefitslink.com/boards/index.php?showtopic=4889

 

[Belgarath]

Hmmm - thanks Tom. I've always suspected you might be the missing link, and now it is confirmed.

[Dave Baker]

The links that are embedded in the text of older messages are now working. No more manual fiddling needed.

(I made a change in a configuration file on the server, so that certain links are automatically "rewritten" behind the scenes, telling your browser how to get to the right page).

Thanks, Tom!