diff -Burp lynx2-8-3/WWW/Library/Implementation/HTParse.c lynx2-8-3-patched/WWW/Library/Implementation/HTParse.c
--- lynx2-8-3/WWW/Library/Implementation/HTParse.c	Wed Sep 29 07:40:39 1999
+++ lynx2-8-3-patched/WWW/Library/Implementation/HTParse.c	Fri Oct 15 23:56:07 1999
@@ -322,7 +322,8 @@ PUBLIC char * HTParse ARGS3(
 		    }
 		} else {
 		    h = p2;
-		    h--;		/* End of hostname */
+		    if (h != result) 
+			h--;		/* End of hostname */
 		    if (*h == '.') {
 			/*
 			**  Slide p2 over h.