URLs in my emails not "clickable"

When I put a URL into an email, I expect it to be clickable, even if it is in my SIGNATURE. (options/mail/signatures) So, I send my mail in "Rich text (HTML)" format rather than "Plain Text."

Yet, they are (usually) NOT clickable. How can I set it to ALWAYS send ""Rich text (HTML)"" AND have all links clickable?

thank you.

Thank you for that Richard. I should have mentioned that yes, I do use Windows Live Mail 2011. OK, so on the "New Message" I want to make sure it SHOWS "RICH text" and the links will be clickable. Yes, that works even though that is COUNTER-intuitive, imho. So how can I make it use "Rich text" automatically on ALL emails rather than me having to select Rich every time?

This is a poor way to program an email client, I think, Richard. I make a message, it says "Rich text" yet it is NOT. I cannot insert an image and cannot change font etc. Further, even if I make one email showing Rich, it does not remember that for my
next email.

I made one new email message, changed it to show "Rich text" and clicked "Send." Immediately I made another message and it showed "Plain text."

I dream of Outlook Express. Windows Live sucks in a lot of ways; the Windows Live Movie Maker was a huge step backward too. So sad.

richc46 said:

OK I found it
On the inbox page
upper left small envelope click on it
options
mail
send
Then check formattting.

It seems that the above setting overrides the previous information.

I had done all that a long time ago, Richard, for each of my five email addies. No good.

Not sure what you mean by "check formatting" Richard. I did choose "HTML" for "Mail Sending Format."

See attached picture, please.