Copy URLs into email

I am relatively new to the Mac.
It seems whenver I copy a URL into Mail (from the firefox browser for instance), the URL text is copied, but it is not automatically recognized as a URL and is therefore not hyperlinked.
To hyperlink, I must select the URL text (ie, http://dfkfhk.dkfj...), right click and then select "Edit Link" then copy the URL into the edit link dialog box.
Obviosly this is cubersome, and I cannot beleive that apple's mail product would require so much effort to cut and paste a link into the body of an email.
Any ideas on how this can be done with a drop and drag? (dragginf and dropping from the browser URL bar requires the same "edit link" follow up).
thanks in advnace for any help!

You can copy a URL and place the copy in the body of a message but the copied link does not become active until after the message is sent.
In order to turn selected text into a hyperlink, you must do as you provided. Select the chosen text in the message body that you want to hyperlink and at the menu bar go to Edit and select Add Hyperlink placing the URL in the dialogue box. A hyperlink becomes active before the message is sent.
I know of no other way.

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