MS Outlook 2003 - hyperlink problem

Hi,

I'm making a program that copies e-mail templates from a VB textbox control to the clipboard so that the user can paste them directly into their open e-mail window.

I'm having problems because when you simply paste a template that includes a hyperlink, the hyperlink does not work when the email is sent (it behaves just like regular text).

If you want to simulate this yourself, simply open up an email window, type in http://www.yahoo.com without pressing enter or anything, simply send a message and the hyperlink fails to work.

There is two possible solutions that I can think of
1) Maybe there is an option hidden somewhere in Outlook 2003 that automatically formats hyperlinks somehow, or some type of code I can use to do this
2) I might have to programmatically find the current open email window and through code enter all the text and hyperlinks that way.

Any ideas?