Hyperlink in mail message gets changed

I'm having trouble mailing webpage addresses. If I copy and paste an address into an email the entire thing does not get underlined so when recipients click on it they don't get the entire address. If I use mail/edit/add hyperlink and paste the address into the hyperlink address box, it gets changed; after the % extra characters are getting pasted in.
anyone else having this problem or know what to do about it?
thanks!
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They get added because when replying, or forwarding
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