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Re: [apps-discuss] The acct: scheme question

Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im> Mon, 02 July 2012 16:20 UTC

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Subject: Re: [apps-discuss] The acct: scheme question
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On 7/2/12 9:54 AM, Mike Jones wrote:
> It's done a lot - it's one of the primary applications of the
> "localhost" name.  I suppose we could define acct:user@localhost, but
> that seems like more of a hack than just allowing acct:user.

So if you want to access one of these non-Internet-connected hosts using
HTTP, you would specify a URI of "http:///"? That's crazy talk. :)

I really don't see a good reason to make the hostname optional -- it
just introduces unnecessary complexity.

Peter

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