On Tuesday 08 October 2002 23:10 CET Theo Van Dinter wrote:
> I just got some spam that included an URL like:
>
> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Now, we all know the www.yahoo.com bit is a username, but the "hostname"
> threw me off.  Sure enough, at least IE and Mozilla both convert the
> hex to IP.  Stupid browsers.

Looks like a spammer with a degree in applied computer sience ;-) If I 
recall right was there a security patch for the IE 6 which made it to 
ignore hex IPs. More braindeadness is found here [1].

Malte

[1]http://www.pc-help.org/obscure.htm#more

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