Is there a way to get more formatting options from a gnus message buffer when composing a mail? I'd like to do hyperlinks of the style common in markdown or org-mode, viz:

[[example link][http://www.example.com]]
[example link](http://www.example.com)

Similarly, I'm wondering if there's a way to enable more "fancy" options such as bullet points, blockquotes, etc. I found org-gnus.el, but I'm too much of a newbie to understand what it does.

-Steven