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Thx for the ideas guys.
I worked around it in the form script
$match = array('http://', 'https://', 'www');
$replace = array('http:// ', 'https:// ', 'www ');
$desc = str_replace($match, $replace, $desc);
Just an extra space after each entry in the replace array stops the auto-link from kicking in.
If you cut-n-paste the link it won't work, but I'm trying to dissuade people from adding links anyway, so this'll do fine.
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