--- /usr/share/request-tracker3.6/html/Ticket/Elements/ShowMessageStanza	2006-06-20 00:44:04.000000000 +0200
+++ /usr/local/share/request-tracker3.6/html/Ticket/Elements/ShowMessageStanza	2008-09-26 13:23:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -57,8 +57,12 @@
         my $content = $stanza->{raw};
         RT::Interface::Web::EscapeUTF8(\$content);
         $m->comp('/Elements/Callback', content => \$content, %ARGS);
-        $content =~ s{$}{<br />}mg
-            if defined $content;
+        if ( defined($content) ) {
+		# convert urls to links
+		$content =~ s{(https?://\S+)}{<a href="$1">$1</a>}g;
+		$content =~ s{$}{<br />}mg;
+		warn "## $content\n";
+	}
 
 </%perl>
 <%$content |n%>