gopher links in IE

[David Magier]

It has been reported before that IE simply doesn't know how to connect
to gopher url's that include non-standard port numbers. Since
"gopher://gopherserver:portnumber" is a valid url type in html
standards, this counts as a bona fide bug in IE. At Columbia
University, we have numerous web pages that contain links to selected
gopher-based resources, so our computing center's advice to users is
"Don't use buggy software: Stick to Netscape".

David Magier
Director of Area Studies
Columbia University Libraries