In a message dated 8/16/2006 11:50:59 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, BogusWoody@aol.com writes: AOLers using AOL 9.0 get their URLs scrambled with a dash ("_") prefix and suffix, and then the URL is repeated with parenthesis around it. There's a way for AOLers (with AOL 9.0) to prevent that from happening: Before you hit the "Send Now" button, right click on the screen and on the popup menu click on "Compose as plain text". ------------- Woody and other listers, You can also just right click on the active link (BEFORE you send, of course) and ask to remove the hyperlink. Sharon