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Subject: [gopher] Re: Bucktooth and UMN gopher
From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 18:23:18 -0800 (PST)
Reply-to: gopher@xxxxxxxxxxxx

> > 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.

Correct. TTBOMK, only UMN gopher has this behaviour, and the patch I put
in Bucktooth is specially for it (and any others that might be lurking).

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