lynx-dev dotless IP-address in URLs

[Gisle Vanem]

I've noted some web-owners use dot-less IP-adresses in their URLs for
some reason. To make it harder for non-Windows users to connect maybe?
See the link below.

Do you think it could be a job for Lynx to try to decode these to a
"dot address" before connecting.

I don't know if other besides Winsock's gethostbyname() or inet_addr()
that behave this way, but I'm sure it's not an universally accepted
form.

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      Lynx 2.8.3dev.6 (13 Aug 1999) (development version) - your lynx.cfg
                                       
File that you are currently viewing

   Linkname: Hotmail - The World's FREE Web-based Email
        URL:
          http://216.32.180.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=&hm___action=http%3a
          %2f%2f3480473412%2fleadinc%2f
                ^^^^^^^^^^
    Charset: iso-8859-1 (assumed)
     Server: Apache/1.3.6 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.8 SSLeay/0.9.0b
       Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 17:37:19 GMT
   Owner(s): None
       size: 5 lines
       mode: normal
          
Link that you currently have selected

   Linkname: here
        URL: http://3480473412/leadinc/
                    ^^^^^^^^^^



Gisle V.