[gopher] Re: UMN gopher client weird behavior

[Cameron Kaiser <spectre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > David and I have discussed that behaviour before and we consider it a bug,
> > too. Bucktooth deals with it by simply sending a stock gopher+ response that
> > forces UMN-gopher to use regular gopher requests.
> 
> What specific response is it that you send in this instance?
> 

Direct from the code ...

        if ($gplus eq '$') { # this is for UMN gopher
                $j = <<"EOF";
+-1
+INFO: 1Main menu (non-gopher+)         $MYHOST $MYPORT
+ADMIN:
 Admin: Server Administrator
 Server: $SERVER
+VIEWS:
 application/gopher+-menu: <512b>
+ABSTRACT:
 This gopher supports standard gopher access only. Use this
 kludge to disable gopher+ client requests by your client.
.
EOF
                $j =~ s/\n/\r\n/sg;
                print stdout $j;
                &log("$orq <$gplus> [forced g+ redirect]");
                exit;
        }

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