JTK wrote:

> William Leese wrote:
>> 
>> JTK wrote:
>> 
>> > William Leese wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I remember something being mentioned about this a while ago. 'fraid a
>> >> quick search on google didn't bring up anything useful so i'll try
>> >> here.
>> >>
>> >> From what i recall mozilla -for security reasons- does not allow urls
>> >> like: http://www.whatever.com:1050.
>> >> But there was a pref you could add to user.js
>> >> to re-enable this.
>> 
>> > There is, but I don't remember it either.  That's not a real problem
>> > though, because to add insult to injury, THEY'RE ADDING A UI TO IT.
>> > Something to the effect of a "Compensate for Mozilla's defective URL
>> > parser by blocking 'nonstandard' ports" checkbox.  Can you imagine?
>> 
>> JTK, I kindly ask of you not to reply to my posts unless you truely want
>> to be helpful. This, was not one of those times.
>>
> 
> Bill, I kindly ask of you to not pretend to know my motives, 'cause
> you're not much of a mindreader.
> 

my, aren't we the hypocrite.

> Sorry Bill, this indeed was "one of those times".

I'll be the judge of that.

> You made it clear you
> didn't know much about the situation, so I figured I'd give you the full
> skinny on it.  I apologize if I inadvertantly educated you. 
> Perhaps
> others will find it elucidating and appreciate my candor if you won't.

I'll rephrase that purely for the benefit of others, ofcourse: thank you 
for giving me an excuse to spew more of my misleading and useless drivel 
into this newsgroup.

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