X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mailnull set sender to djgpp-bounces using -f Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 09:17:26 +0300 (IDT) From: Eli Zaretskii X-Sender: eliz AT is To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: Strange behavior of ld In-Reply-To: <3cc7895e.93840542@news.primus.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: djgpp AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Neo_1061 wrote: > >> The fact that the URL starts with "http://" instead of "news://" is a > >> clue... > > > >It's a wrong clue. > > Well, I can't be faulted for being misled when someone posts a "wrong > clue" now can I? :P Yes, you can: a URL is supposed to be followed, not theoretized about. > >Checking out the URL ... might have helped. > > I prefer not to follow WWW links in news postings and email without > having some idea what to expect at the other end, and strong > indication that it will be useful or interesting I think you know me long enough to assume that I would never post something that's not useful or not interesting. Especially since I said I'm using that server myself. I guess I should think twice before trying to help you next time.