[gopher] Re: Bucktooth and UMN gopher
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> When I use UMN gopher to hit floodgap.com, the root directory has one
> item:
>
> "Main menu (non-gopher+)"
I remember I was trying to figure this out last year. If I remember
correctly, it's because UMN gopher first attempts a Gopher+ request,
and falls back to a Gopher request if that fails. Most Gopher(non-+)
servers will either fail, or return a standard Gopher directory when
given a Gopher+ request. Floodgap's server notices that it's a
Gopher+ request and returns a menu that contains a single entry
which points to the root as a standard Gopher.
My interpretation of the Gopher and Gopher+ RFCs is that the correct
behaviour is for the client to make an empty (non-+) request when
initially connecting. The resulting menu can contain Gopher+ entries.
--
Emanuel Borsboom
http://www.nuel.ca/
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