I've been finding that the best way to post a URL is to include it in GT/LT symbols (some people call them brackets, but they really aren't) as thus:
At Tuesday, 29 October 2002, OROBOYZ@aol.com wrote:
>I have to agree.. Let me go further:
>
>If copying and pasting a URL in an e-mail DOESN'T work, it seems
to be a
>serious flaw in that particular e-mail service, as this is about as
>basic and universal as can be in this web world we use...
>
>Now, I can perhaps understand if it is not a "clickable" link...
That >is not necessarily what we are asking for ... we just want
the literal >URL address, for instance, like this:
>
>http://ebay.com/<blah>
>
>This may appear as an active link on some e-mail services but at least
>it should appear as a series of letters and numbers that can be
>highlighted, copied and pasted quickly into the recipient's browser.
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