I think a more accurate title for Michael's difficulty with Mudcat would be, "BS: Mudcat: automatic hyperlinks for posted URLs needed".

... As I have said before, it is not the HTML processes for itals, bold, &c, with which I have the problems, tho they are a bit round the worldish [which is, as several have pointed out to me, a factor of their admirable pioneering antiquity]; but, despite endeavours & encouragements from many good friends on this thread, I do continue to find the blue-clicky requirements opaque in the extreme.

Michael,
1. Are you able to find your way back and forth between two windows or tabs? Do you know how to copy and paste? If not, one of us would be thrilled to walk you through those processes. If you are able to perform both of those tasks, please read on:

2. If you click the link under the new message field, Make a link ("blue clicky"), a new window will open.

3. Paste or type the URL you wish to share into both the Link URL: and the Link text (optional*): fields.

4. Click the Create Link button.

5. Copy the entire line(s) under "Cut and paste this into your post:"

6. Return to the window that contains the field in which you were typing a message and paste what you just copied there.

7. Click in the square beside Preview, then click Submit Message. Does the result look okay? If so, click Submit Message again.

Try it, it works.
rags