Hi Bernie,
Sorry to hear that. I think the only option you have at the moment would be an implementation of BADI.
There is a piece of code called: BUILD_NOTIFICATION_LONG.txt in the note 1610494 that you could implement following the guide:
https://service.sap.com/~sapidb/011000358700000525622010E/Auto-reaction_Messages.pdf
You would have to make a small change in the code commenting the parts with:
"if sy-subrc = 0.
concatenate ls_servlist-hostname ':' ls_servlist-service
into lv_host.
lv_http = 'https'.
else."
An advantage is that you can test it on a single monitor as it requires to place the BADI filter on the monitor (a lot of work later on).
Give me a sign of you'll find ianother possibility to get rid of the https, as I was also struggling with it but in the service desk messages configuration.
Good Luck!
Jolanta