Management of links, such as URLs or other link formats, that have been
embedded within blocks of data, such as data received by an E-mail application
program, file transfer program, or other data transfer environment. When a block
of data is received, an agent or other construct examines the block of data to
identify links within the block of data. Meta-data associated with the link is
extracted, and the link and associated meta-data is stored in a collective. The
collective may be displayed and organized with a viewer. The viewer may be integral
to an application program, such as an E-mail application program, or it may integral
to an operating system, or it may be a standalone application program.