Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26085 invoked from network); 19 Dec 2001 21:52:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.services.quay.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by excalibur-qfe1-smtp-plusnet.harl.plus.net with SMTP; 19 Dec 2001 21:52:35 -0000 Received: (qmail 4917 invoked from network); 19 Dec 2001 21:52:34 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 19 Dec 2001 21:52:34 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.33 #2) id 16GoaL-0006Di-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 21:49:09 +0000 Received: from e22.nc.us.ibm.com ([32.97.136.228]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 16GoaK-0006Dd-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 21:49:08 +0000 Received: from southrelay01.raleigh.ibm.com (southrelay01.raleigh.ibm.com [9.37.3.208]) by e22.nc.us.ibm.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA10590 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 15:45:13 -0600 Received: from usa.net (ss10.pok.socks.ibm.com [9.14.3.75]) by southrelay01.raleigh.ibm.com (8.11.1m3/NCO v5.01) with ESMTP id fBJLm3S206054 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 16:48:03 -0500 Message-ID: <3C210B6D.BEB2F43B@usa.net> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 22:49:33 +0100 From: "Alberto di Bene" Organization: None X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: LF: Re: long haul QSO's References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Bob Eldridge wrote: > Using an old Netscape I have been in the habit of not typing either the http > or the www, assuming the software fills in those prefixes. Have I been > missing something? > > Bob VE7BS Yes, Netscape tries, when otherwise unable to resolve the address, to add a www. in front of the URL. This consumes some time, but the point is another. Unless you use the latest Outlook, as Dave Pick has pointed out, you have to copy-and-paste the URL into the address bar of the browser, unless it is a live link, in which case you just single-click over it, and a browser window is opened for that URL. To make it a live link, you need the full URL, complete with the initial http. At least this is true with Netscape 4.76, the version I am using. But all this is utterly off topic, so let's stop here (and I am the culprit, having started the sub-thread...) 73 Alberto I2PHD