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Abstract

A method of electronically conveying information using a first electronic document having a selectable link embedded therein (e.g., a hypertext link), wherein at least one presentation attribute is associated with the link, by presenting a second (linked) electronic document using the presentation attribute, in response to selection of the link. In the illustrative embodiment, a sender of an e-mail message embeds the link in the message and associates the particular presentation attributes. The presentation attributes are encoded into the message, and are thus sent with the message across a network such as the Internet. The presentation attributes may be associated with the link by capturing current settings, or by specifying custom settings. In this manner, when the recipient of the message selects the link, a web browser is launched, and uses the appropriate environmental attributes to present the linked web page. The recipient has the ability to selectively override sender-defined attributes.

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