hyperlinks

I don't know about shutting off the auto hyperlink formatting but you can send links with spaces if you enclose the link with <> .

later,

I got this from MS.
Microsoft Outlook resolves the URL address to a hyperlink immediately when you have typed the protocol portion of the URL, either http:// or ftp://. If you click a resolved URL, Outlook tries to activate the hyperlink.

This behavior is by design.

I saw once a post here similar but for word2000. My reasoning follows. You can tell outlook (in preference) to use word2000.
Then in word you tell ( i think in preference, it was pretty obvious and easy( to not to format the hyperlinks.
I think thats your only chance to not have the hyperlink automatically formatted.

answer #1 is correct for inserting spaces.

success

You can do that with system policies.

One of the main reasons to use system policies is to prevent your users from changing items in the user interface. By using system policies, you can disable menu commands, toolbar buttons, and shortcut keys so that your users cannot use those options.

Disabling menu and toolbar items:
You can use system policies to disable menu commands and their corresponding toolbar buttons. When you disable a menu command and toolbar button through a policy, userscannot use that command or button.

For your users, a menu command that is disabled through a policy appears on the menu, but it is shaded and unavailable. Similarly, a toolbar button that is disabled through a policy appears on the toolbar, but it is unavailable to users.

Several menu commands and toolbar buttons are listed in the Predefined category. These include several commands that administrators frequently disable, such as the Hyperlink command (Insert menu) and the Macro command (Tools menu). If you want to disable any other command in an Office 2000 application, use the Custom category. To disable a menu command and toolbar button in the Custom category, enter the control ID for that item in the System Policy Editor. You can look up the control ID for any command or button in Visual Basic? for Applications (VBA).

Maxwell