Formatting URLS as clickable links in an outgoing message

Surely there is a way, either manual or automatic, to enter a web URL and have it auto-format as blue, underlined and an active hyperlink.
What am I missing

just paste the url as text. it will be correctly interpreted as a clickable link by the email client of the recipient. try it out by sending something to yourself.

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