Sending Links via email

I'm always coming across a web page that I want to send to my mom so I use the browsers file-send-link by email method but 8 out of 10 times she is unable to open the links, why is this? She's using XP Home, IE and Firefox with Outlook Express, is there some setting I need to change as the sender on my end, or is there something that needs changed on my mom's receiving computer? When she receives the email with the links I send her it appears alright but when you put your mouse over it, it doesn't highlight so you can click on it. When I do a test and send the links to myself they always open okay, any suggestions?

 

Make sure you press the space bar a couple of times before the link and after
the link before you send the email.

You Cannot Open New IE Window or Nothing Happens After You Click a Link
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679

IE6 opens blank (empty) windows
Hyperlinks don't work
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/answers2.htm#hyperlinks

 

Thanks, I'll try pressing the space bar as you suggested to see if that works. The two links you provided are kind of over my head though.