Verification Email

[Sea Shepherd]

With the email verification, as most of you know, it comes through with the following message:

Dear test1,

Thank you for registering at the TITLE. Before we can activate your account one last step must be taken to complete your registration.

Please note - you must complete this last step to become a registered member. You will only need to visit this URL once to activate your account.

To complete your registration, please visit this URL:
http://www.example.com/Forum/registe...27d8b13db1d0fa

<a href="http://www.example.com/Forum/register.php?a=act&u=195&i=326a2d0a2469845ad371819 81427d8b13db1d0fa">America Online Users Please Visit Here to be Activated</a>

**** Does The Above URL Not Work? ****
If the above URL does not work, please use your Web browser to go to:
http://www.example.com/Forum/register.php?a=ver

Please be sure not to add extra spaces. You will need to type in your username and activation number on the page that appears when you visit the URL.

Your Username is: test1
Your Activation ID is: 326a2d0a2469845ad37181981427d8b13db1d0fa

But what is with the bold part? Its the exact same link and even if it was different why does there need to be a separate one for American users? basically what is the purpose of it? and is there anyway to remove the pointless HTML tags?