Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list gopher); Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:14:34 -0600 (CST) Received: from web35509.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([66.163.179.133]) by glockenspiel.complete.org with smtp (Exim 4.63) id 1HJg3z-0000Q4-Ak for gopher@complete.org; Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:14:34 -0600 Received: (qmail 95186 invoked by uid 60001); 21 Feb 2007 01:12:59 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=Lb9Y7Pw7bJp1u8tmjoA5uUX155n+gdcWlrTuTFA3aMGhTl9OZYy363j/wbmsHvreMTPUwfBiyNwMVOjcIXFkzHmC7WYYTkXAGnThLLdTH9fdvaACadyM8haE9ZVAkWn3SwOwPqG7KZAuex/tBj1hVWaP/Jdto4Gn6LCqxFpkL7c=; X-YMail-OSG: Wm7YSwkVM1n8qIjaZ30xJTeX0C96EjyCPmW6kXWP5OWfhzg4EatAYA_hiIuChd.hNib_VjrnddalP5KiW_iEdSx9FXguwxmLqdAeegZ_1hkSc_nzAGBG4XysK3fzpogNhcmIEFouw7fqdNI- Received: from [209.216.94.5] by web35509.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:12:59 PST Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:12:59 -0800 (PST) From: JumpJet Mailbox <jumpjetinfo@yahoo.com> Subject: [gopher] Re: ascii art To: gopher@complete.org In-Reply-To: <200702210101.l1L11CmE008824@floodgap.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <811095.94592.qm@web35509.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-Spam-Status: No (score 2.5): AWL=-0.261, DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE=0.479, DNS_FROM_RFC_POST=1.44, DNS_FROM_RFC_WHOIS=0.879, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001 X-Virus-Scanned: by Exiscan on glockenspiel.complete.org at Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:14:34 -0600 X-archive-position: 1495 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: gopher-bounce@complete.org Errors-to: gopher-bounce@complete.org X-original-sender: jumpjetinfo@yahoo.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: gopher@complete.org List-help: <mailto:ecartis@complete.org?Subject=help> List-unsubscribe: <mailto:gopher-request@complete.org?Subject=unsubscribe> List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: Gopher <gopher.complete.org> X-List-ID: Gopher <gopher.complete.org> List-subscribe: <mailto:gopher-request@complete.org?Subject=subscribe> List-owner: <mailto:jgoerzen@complete.org> List-post: <mailto:gopher@complete.org> List-archive: <http://www.complete.org/mailinglists/archives/> X-list: gopher

Thanks for pointing out the reason why the # symbol brings back the root directory. I was unaware that this was actually a browser quirk, and really appreciate the explanation. Testing shows that it indeed works with JumpJet when using the I.E. 6 browser. I will have to try some other gopher clients some time to see if they also perform the same way. Cameron Kaiser <spectre@floodgap.com> wrote: > Interestingly, the Bucktooth Gopher Server (which is what Floodgap uses) > accepts some wildcard symbols (such as the "#" symbol) and will, for > example, return the root directory contents if you type: > gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/#

I did not evaluate the remainder of your message, but this analysis is not correct. What you're observing is a side effect of itemtype interpretation in URLs, and is not server specific (it also works with JumpJet). The # is not actually transmitted to the server; it is interpreted as the item type to a null request, which most browsers will interpret as an unknown item type and attempt to display as text. To prove that # is not salient to Bucktooth,

% nc gopher.floodgap.com 70 # 0'/#' doesn't exist! error.host 1 .

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