Jonas Eckerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Quotes from RFC 1738 (URLs):
>
> --8<--
> Other characters are unsafe because
> gateways and other transport agents are known to sometimes modify
> such characters. These characters are "{", "}", "|", "\", "^", "~",
> "[", "]", and "`".
> --8<--
> All unsafe characters must always be encoded within a URL.
> --8<--
Note that RFC 2396 has removed "~" from this list, which is
called "unwise" rather than "unsafe", so tildes are okay in
URLs. Not that that affects "\".
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Keith C. Ivey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Washington, DC
