diff --git a/www/txt2plain.pl b/www/txt2plain.pl
index eb630acad0..f460cff301 100755
--- a/www/txt2plain.pl
+++ b/www/txt2plain.pl
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ while(<STDIN>) {
     $_ =~ s/\</&lt;/g;
     $_ =~ s/\>/&gt;/g;
 
-    $_ =~ s/^$/\&nbsp;/g;
+    $_ =~ s/(http:\/\/([a-zA-Z0-9_.\/-]*)[^).])/\<a href=\"$1\"\>$1\<\/a\>/g;
+
+    $_ =~ s/^$/\&nbsp;/g;   # empty lines are nbsp
+    $_ =~ s/(\\|\/)$/$1&nbsp;/g; # clobber backslash on end of line
+
 
     print $_;
 }