Stop Decoding or URLs in Mail

Hi,
I'm trying to copy and paste an encrypted URL into a new email in Apple Mail on OSX 10.6.8. This encrypted URL has values of %3d all the time, and when I pasted this URL into Mail, it gets decoded into an = sign. Once this happens, the link does not work anymore. This only happens in Apple Mail, when I use gmail's website, it works perfectly.
Is there some setting somewhere in Apple Mail that will stop this from happening?

HollywoodLEO wrote:
Is there some setting somewhere in Apple Mail that will stop this from happening?
No. And of course nothing is ever going to be modified in 10.6. You might want to post in the forums for 10.7 and 10.8 asking whether this has changed, so you will know whether updating your OS could help.

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