In message <4dfec221.90...@mistral.co.uk>, Adam Atkinson writes: > Adam Atkinson wrote: > > >>>> It was a very long time ago, but I seem to recall being shown > >>>> http://dk, > >>>> the home page of Denmark, some time in the mid 90s. > >>>> > >> DK should NOT be doing this. > > > > Oh, I'm not claiming it does it now. It certainly doesn't. > > I should have checked before I wrote that. The _last_ time I tried it > it redirected to something else in Denmark but that was also years > ago, just not as many as I think I remember being shown http://dk > > _Now_ I get rend up at http://www.dk.com/ if I don't
That's your browser "trying" to be helpful. If it is Firefox this can be turned off with about:config and browser.fixup.alternate.enabled to false. The default is true. > put a dot on the end, and https://www.dk-hostmaster.dk/ if I do. Safari, Mozilla and Google Chrome all fail to resolve "http://dk/"; on my Mac but all resolve "http://dk./";. Mark -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org
