Re: lynx-dev www.worldwariiiredport.com: badly formed address: WHY?

[David Combs]

On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 08:26:24AM -0500, Ismael Cordeiro wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, David Combs wrote:
> 
> > These three urls:
> >
> > www.worldwarIIIreport.com
> >
> > www.worldwariiireport.com
> >
> > http://www.worldwariiireport.com
> >
> > The first two give me something like "badly formed address".
> >
> > The third merely gives something like "site unavailable" (it flashes so
> > fast I can't grab it with mouse-area, to use here).
> >
> > Any idea *what* is "wrong" with those first two?
> >
> > Oh, here's which lynx I'm using:
> >
> >   Lynx 2.8.4rel.1 (17 Jul 2001) ([1]latest release)
> 
> That address doesn't exist. That's why Lynx says "Unable to connect to
> remote host". The correct one is <http://www.worldwar3report.com>. About
> your first two tries, it's better to turn trace on and see what is
> happening.  Anyway, if you use the correct address without "http://"; -
> www.worldwar3report.com - Lynx connects correctly.
> 

(Sorry for the late response)

What in the world could possibly make the "http://"; prefix
*keep things from working*?

I'm sure I'll learn something from the answer!

David


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