DavidF wrote:
Thanks for taking the time to test this out. Did you perhaps have the
opportunity to test this using Reader 7 or 8?

Have just checked 7.0.9 (the earliest 7.x version available on
adobe.com) and the functionality is present (if somewhat annoying - it
opens IE, when my default browser is Opera, and misrecognises an email
address with a period in the pre-@-sign element (ignoring the period and
everything before it).

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