Ed Staub wrote in message <6adcme$3rh@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>...
>I should have written about this a few months ago, when I first noticed
>it...
>I can't get to the FAQ page, and never have been able to (since about
>11/1/97).
>The SGI server gives me a "broken link" page instead.
>Anybody have any ideas?  My browser and ISP seem fine otherwise.
>
> [Moderator's note: hmmm, the URL below works fine for me. -fjh]

Ed Staub is using MS Outlook Express for reading news, and its automatic
linking is broken; it doesn't recognise plus signs as valid characters (it
screws up links in other ways too). I suspect Ed hasn't noticed this and is
just clicking on the links MSOE creates instead of cut-and-pasting to his
browser.

MSOE "HTML-ifies" the comp.std.c++ moderation sig like this:

[ comp.std.c++ is moderated.  To submit articles: try just posting
     ]
[ your news-reader.  If that fails, use
td-c++@ncar.ucar.edu         ]
                                        ------------
[ FAQ:
  http://reality.sgi.com/employees/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html    ]
            --------------------------------------------------
[ Policy:
  http://reality.sgi.com/employees/austern_mti/std-c++/policy.html ]
            --------------------------------------------------
[ Comments?
ucar.edu                             ]
            ------------   ---------------------

...leaving none of the links intact!

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Internet and New Media, EDS (New Zealand) Ltd., Wellington, New Zealand
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                             -- Henry VI Part II, by W. Shakespeare;
                                additional dialogue by B. Stroustrup
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[ comp.std.c++ is moderated.  To submit articles: Try just posting with your
                newsreader.  If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu
  comp.std.c++ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern/std-c++/faq.html
  Moderation policy: http://reality.sgi.com/austern/std-c++/policy.html
  Comments? mailto:std-c++-request@ncar.ucar.edu
]

I don't think that MSOE is (necessarily) the problem with finding the
FAQ either. That's my newsreader, and the links work for me. I do,
however, have the MSIE 4.01 patch, which may have fixed this particular
problem.

Bradd W. Szonye
bradds@concentric.net
http://www.concentric.net/~Bradds
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[ Policy:   http://reality.sgi.com/employees/austern_mti/std-c++/policy.html ]
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I should have written about this a few months ago, when I first noticed
it...
I can't get to the FAQ page, and never have been able to (since about
11/1/97).
The SGI server gives me a "broken link" page instead.
Anybody have any ideas?  My browser and ISP seem fine otherwise.
--
-Ed Staub <Ed_Staub@xxxworldnet.att.net>
(remove the xxx from reply address)

Wayne Stewart wrote in message <01bd2846$364930f0$0b4e7dce@hausach>...
>Careful.  You can get flamed for such questions!
>
>Your (and my) question is supposedly answered by entry B.3. in the
>comp.std.c++ FAQ,

 [Moderator's note: hmmm, the URL below works fine for me. -fjh]
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[ comp.std.c++ is moderated.  To submit articles: try just posting with      ]
[ your news-reader.  If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu         ]
[ FAQ:      http://reality.sgi.com/employees/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html    ]
[ Policy:   http://reality.sgi.com/employees/austern_mti/std-c++/policy.html ]
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