This "bug" makes a little sense because the http:// indicates a web host. When a person has a url vegas.com:95, it could be any type of service from email to FTP, etc. As for the IE locking up, what's the problem? After all it is a Microsoft program. What do you expect? <g> Seriously, it makes sense to use the prefix with the suffix, but you might have a point with the browser. Buck > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robin Green > Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 6:12 PM > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: easy networking question (maybe) > > > > > IE has/had a moronic, idiotic bug where you have to to put http:// explicitly if you use a port number. This bug also has been known to confuse the browser so badly that you have to restart it before it will do anything else.
