> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:07:22 -0700 (PDT) > From: Duane Wessels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Problems sending mail from .mumble > > FWIW I was able to find one application, the text browser 'links,' > which accepts either filename or hostnames as its commandline > argument. From what I can tell its algorithm is something like > this: > > - if tld/extension has two letters --> URL > - if less than two letters --> File > - if tld/extension is in list of known gTLDs --> URL > - else --> File >
The web browser "Lynx" does something very similar. One addendum to the above logic is that if the DNS look-up fails, it tries to use the string as a local file path. Typo the FQDN in a URL to something that returns NXDOMAIN, and you get an error message to the effect that lynx 'couldn't access start *FILE* "foo'" (emphasis added.)
