Milly,

You hit the nail on the head. The original format was "Plain Text". Once I
changed it to "Rich Text", the hyperlink worked.

Thanks for the help!
Sarge

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

What is the message format you are using? If using Rich Text or HTML, does it work?

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After furious head scratching, Sarge asked:

| No. There is not a problem with the reply function. The problem is
| after composing my email, if I enter another email address
| ) for the recipient to reply to, that address will
| not automatically become a hyperlink which the recipient can click on.
| The only way I've found for that to work is if I enter the address as
| follows:
|
| Once I enter the mailto:, the address then becomes a hyperlink which
| the person can click on and the email program will open up.
|
|
| "K. Orland" wrote:
|
|| Are you saying that if your recipient clicks on the Reply button,
|| nothing happens?
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|| Kathleen Orland
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||
||
|| "Sarge" wrote:
||
||| Outlook 2003 is not creating a hyperlink to my email address. After
||| composing my message, I insert my email address and Outlook
||| recognizes it. The problem is, once it's sent the recipient can't
||| click on the address and have it open automatically.
|||
||| I had no problem doing this in Outlook Express. Is this just a
||| setting I need to make a change to?
|||
||| Thanks in advance