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>>>>> On 17 Jul 1996 21:10:51 +0200, Per Abrahamsen
>>>>> <abraham@dina.kvl.dk> said:

>>>>> "WP" == William Perry <wmperry@aventail.com> writes:

  WP> Well, seeing as how the second URL is techincally invalid, I
  WP> wouldn't worry too much about it. :)

  Per> Really?  I thought it would refer to the directory
  Per> `dejanews.com' located in the root of the local machine.

AFAIK the RFC sez if the URL begins with a protocol spec it is an
absolute URL.  Absolute URLs must contain the host name (preceded by
this // thingy).

Nonetheless, some browsers seem to interpret "http:/foo" as a local URL
and don't grok "/foo".

kai
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