Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 21:36:52 -0600 From: Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov> To: Mattias Pantzare <pantzer@ludd.luth.se> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Typing URLs (was Re: FTP Mirror HOW-TO) Message-ID: <3234E253.41C67EA6@fsl.noaa.gov>
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Mattias testified: > Hm, maybe a computer name in the URLs? :-) They won't work like that... > [without a hostname] Actually, some do, at least with Netscrape. Try these URLs: microsoft ibm mci That's right: you don't need http://, www., or even .com/. Netscrape assumes all that. Heck, even freebsd works to get to the FreeBSD home page (since www.freebsd.{com,org}) are the same host. A few more curiosities ... freebsd.com is FreeBSD, Inc (FREEBSD2-DOM) 246 Park St. Clyde, CA 94520 whereas freebsd.org is The FreeBSD Project (FREEBSD-DOM) 839 S.E. 209th Ave. Gresham, OR 97030-2235 Not that it really matters these days. -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory Boulder Colorado USA
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