gopher problem

[Rob Francis]

Hi,

In IE at home if I type in gopher://somewhere.com it
immediately gives me a "Cannot find server or DNS error"
error.
In IE at work if I type in the same thing, somewhere.com
comes up fine. What is wrong with my IE browser at home?

I have an old NCSA browser at home that works fine with
gopher (on the same machine too).

Thanks,
Robert

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

Here is an excerpt from my last answer about this:

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Internet Explorer 6 supports Gopher np.
Check your configuration/settings.

If the user has IE6sp1 it is now a bit more complicated than
what you imply.

From its IEReadMe.txt:

<extract>
Gopher protocol
----------------
The gopher protocol has been disabled by default. If you must use
gopher you can re-enable the functionality by setting the following
registry key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]"EnableGopher"=dword:00000001
</extract>


FYI

Robert Aldwinckle