lynx-dev Lynx support for 'one part' addresses

[mattack]

Lynx doesn't support these weird URL types...  I realize I only see them
in spam, but I thought it would be good if they really worked.


>What the heck is it with spams with things like:
>For FREE debt consultation goto:
>http://3516237521/768.htm
>
>They don't have a phone # or anything in them..  What is the point of these
>fake URLs?  I see spam like this every once in a while.  If they gave
>an address to send money to PLUS these fake URLs I could see it as being
>useful from their point of view (some moron thinking "oh, I'll send the money,
>I always have their web site to go back to if anything goes wrong")..
>but when all there is is a fake URL, I don't get it.

It's not fake.  From the inet_ntoa man page:

-----
INTERNET ADDRESSES
     Values specified using the `.'  notation  take  one  of  the
     following forms:

          a.b.c.d
          a.b.c
          a.b
          a

     When four parts are specified, each is interpreted as a byte
     of  data and assigned, from left to right, to the four bytes
     of an Internet address.

     When a three part address is specified,  the  last  part  is
     interpreted  as  a  16-bit  quantity and placed in the right
     most two bytes of the network address.  This makes the three
     part  address  format convenient for specifying Class B net-
     work addresses as "128.net.host".

     When a two part address is supplied, the last part is inter-
     preted  as  a  24-bit  quantity and placed in the right most
     three bytes of the network address.  This makes the two part
     address  format  convenient  for  specifying Class A network
     addresses as "net.host".

     When only one part is given, the value is stored directly in
     the network address without any byte rearrangement.
-----

It is, in effect, a "one-part" address.  If you stuff it into a long,
do some shifts, and format it, it comes out as 209.149.134.209
(cmpsource.com).

What they're counting on is that, while people will definitely know
how to complain about "http://www.cmpsource.com/";, and might be able
to figure out how to complain about "http://209.149.134.209/";, they
won't go through the extra step needed to convert 3516237521 into
something recognizeable.