From: rednoise@REMOVETHIScomcast.net   
      
   On 23 Sep 2011, "Mr Pounder"  wrote   
   in alt.os.windows-xp:   
      
   > Using XP Pro SP3.   
   > When a mate using Yahoo sends me a link it arrives black and I   
   > can't open it.   
   > If I forward it to myself it comes back blue and I can open it.   
   > I'm using OE. Links from other people are fine.   
   > Any ideas?   
      
   It appears to me that when OE receives an email in straight text   
   format, and it encounters a URL, it's smart enough to make it   
   clickable. When it receives an email in HTML format, a URL must be   
   properly embedded in the HTML (with anchor tags) for it to be   
   clickable. If it's just pasted into the text of the message, it's not   
   clickable. So your mate would have to use the "Insert Hyperlink" button   
   in Yahoo's composing window in order for him to send you clickable   
   links.   
      
   When you forward an HTML message, OE seems to reformat the content to   
   make the whole thing an HTML message, so all URLs get formatted with   
   anchor tags at that point.   
      
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