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How do I add a URL address to an email?

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Glen A Goodale
Glen A Goodale
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Rather than copying an article from the web and embedding it in an e-mail, I want to just give the URL (internet address where the article can be found. you know, a "link!" But when I copy the link and paste it in the email, it is merely text, not a link.

Thanks, Glen A Goodale

Rather than copying an article from the web and embedding it in an e-mail, I want to just give the URL (internet address where the article can be found. you know, a "link!" But when I copy the link and paste it in the email, it is merely text, not a link. Thanks, Glen A Goodale

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Zenos
Zenos
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Send the message to yourself. I expect it to look like a link in the received message in your Inbox. Or save your message as a draft in the Drafts folder and view it there. But Thunderbird's write window, by design, doesn't offer active links while composing a message.

If you want to go further and create links that look like this then try the Insert|Link option on the menu in your compose window.