BlockDog:

This solution of yours does not work --- the space is added after the writing but BEFORE the posting. It is a bug in the Microsoft-based server software.

I tried this a long time ago --- and there is no SPACE in my posts. The SPACE gets added in later, during the posting to the database. I also noticed this problem with hyphenated words in the body of my posts, and not merely with HTML links.

Incidentally, I spoke with BOTH Dan and Pat in private e-mail about this issue, and it wasn't something thatw as addressed by the tech support people for the database software they are using.

KDB = Buffalo, NY USA