Newsletter link to share a webpage on facebook - Facebook is not accepting it.

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Published on 2011-06-29T16:18:16Z Indexed on 2011/06/29 16:31 UTC
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My question is what link should I use to enable a 1 click share on facebook of a webpage from an external application such as an email?

Thanks

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User submits content to my website. Content is first reviewed by webmaster Webmaster sends out congratulations email, "Your article has been published, here is the link: http://www.mywebsite.com/new-page.html"

I would like to include in the congratulations email, "Click on this link to share your article with your friends on facebook" The link I am using is the following: http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http://www.mywebsite.com/new-page.html

If I paste it into the address bar and I am logged in it works fine and facebook parses the new page for meta data and displays Page title and description. However, when clicking on the link from my newsletter, I am redirected to the login page, even though I am logged in, and after logging in, I am sent to my profile page and the share is not posted.

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