It was also a way to bypass security settings on some versions of
Internet Explorer, if I remember correctly. IE didn't recognize that
the pure numeric address was in the Internet zone because it didn't
contain any '.' characters. So following such a link could cause
people to access an Internet site with the local zone security
settings...
--Elgin
>>>>> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> "Chris L. Riney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's the decimal representation of an IP address (0x3F4A7373 or 63.74.115.115,
> Network managed by UUNet, and leased to Media 3 Technologies LLC).
>
> Mostly used by SPAMMERS/JunkMailers in an attempt to hide their identities
> and/or sites from the uninformed.
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