Re: [Lynx-dev] Odd lynx behavior

[Thomas Dickey]

On Fri, 19 Dec 2008, John Desmond wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I was testing some commands while making a shell script and came
> across an odd behavior that I can't find an explanation for.
>
> If I use the "lynx -dump" command on a non-existent "htm" file,
> it pulls down what appears to be a page on mynewslink.com
>
> If it's a non-existent "html" file, I get a page from Wannafind.dk
>
> I can't find any reference to lynx having a default for these sites
> and I can't find any stored data on my system that contains these
> URLs. Is this correct behavior?

it's not lynx-related (it's your network provider being "helpful",
e.g., by steering you to sites that they obtain revenue from).

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