Might be because you're using an old version of Yahoo Mail. I switched to the new version when it came out a few months ago, and the two test posts I sent via email clearly show what happens when a URL is simply plunked in the message area and sent. The link in the plain text mail was clickable; the link in the rich text mail was not.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "fflmod" <fflmod@...> wrote: > > That's never been my experience with yahoo email, Alex. I can create > hyperlinks only in rich text (I just did a test using plain text and it > still does not work). As I said to Judy, the hyperlink used to appear > automatically when an http type of address was keyed into yahoo email > via the rich text editor, but that feature disappeared several months > ago. > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" > <j_alexander_stanley@> wrote:> > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@ wrote: > > > > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14417362 > > > > > > > Bob, > > > > I've noticed that when you post links they are never clickable, which > is kind of annoying because the links have to be copied and pasted > instead of just clicked on. The cause is that Yahoo renders links > clickable you send emails to FFL in plain text format, but not with rich > text format. You currently have your Yahoo Mail account set to post in > rich text, which means none of your links are clickable. > > > > In Yahoo Mail, on the right side of the formatting bar, just below the > header text entry area, there's a button marked "Switch to Plain Text". > If you click that, it will config you to send in plain text, and any > URLs will be automatically rendered clickable. > > >
