Another way to solve the broken hyperlinks problem was right under my nose and I never noticed. Perhaps I’m not the only one.

You can embed a hyperlink in a Mail message, and the embedded link will then not break.

1. Highlight the text that you want to anchor the hyperlink, say, “click here” or “this web site”.
2. Control click on the highlighted text and select the “Edit Link…” option from the contextual menu
3. Enter the text of the link (paste it in if you have copied it to the clipboard)
4. Send.

The hyperlink then arrives in a form that works at the other end. This only works if the message is in Rich Text Format though. That’s a bit of a downer for old-fashioned emailers like me.

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