Lynx website hacked?

Gandalf Parker wrote:

 > comments RemoveThis @probertencyclopaedia.com (Matt Probert) wrote in
 > news:40670139.15186718@news.ntlworld.com:

  >> WARNING - explicit sexual material follows at the following URL.

  >> If you press ? during a Lynx session, you should receive online help
  >> through the following URL:

 > Hmmm I got the regular help. Although I am confused since its the
 > first time in ages that I went into lynx without adding a site I
 > wanted to reach. The default page that came up was worthless to me.
 > All graphic links with no alt text. Surely thats wrong.

When I do a ? in lynx (Version 2.8.5dev.12 (18 Dec 2002); Linux
2.4.22-10mdk), I get a local help page:

/usr/share/lynx/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html

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in post: <news:40670139.15186718@news.ntlworld.com>
comments DeleteThis @probertencyclopaedia.com (Matt Probert) said:

 > WARNING - explicit sexual material follows at the following URL.
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.hubbleconstant.com/lynx/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html</font" target="_blank">http://www.hubbleconstant.com/lynx/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html</font</a>>

very tame. have you got any better ones?

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On 28 Mar 2004 22:43:20 GMT Blinky the Shark <no.spam.TakeThisOut@box.invalid>
broke off from drinking a cup of tea at <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://blinkynet.net" target="_blank">http://blinkynet.net</a> to write:

 >Gandalf Parker wrote:
 >
  >> comments.TakeThisOut@probertencyclopaedia.com (Matt Probert) wrote in
  >> news:40670139.15186718@news.ntlworld.com:
 >
   >>> WARNING - explicit sexual material follows at the following URL.
 >
   >>> If you press ? during a Lynx session, you should receive online help
   >>> through the following URL:
 >
  >> Hmmm I got the regular help. Although I am confused since its the
  >> first time in ages that I went into lynx without adding a site I
  >> wanted to reach. The default page that came up was worthless to me.
  >> All graphic links with no alt text. Surely thats wrong.
 >
 >When I do a ? in lynx (Version 2.8.5dev.12 (18 Dec 2002); Linux
 >2.4.22-10mdk), I get a local help page:
 >
 >/usr/share/lynx/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html

Must be my version of Lynx, 2.8.3rel.1, for DOS

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Matt Probert wrote:

 > On 28 Mar 2004 22:43:20 GMT Blinky the Shark <no.spam.DeleteThis@box.invalid>
 > broke off from drinking a cup of tea at <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://blinkynet.net" target="_blank">http://blinkynet.net</a> to write:

  >>Gandalf Parker wrote:

   >>> comments.DeleteThis@probertencyclopaedia.com (Matt Probert) wrote in
   >>> news:40670139.15186718@news.ntlworld.com:

   >>>> WARNING - explicit sexual material follows at the following URL.

   >>>> If you press ? during a Lynx session, you should receive online help
   >>>> through the following URL:

   >>> Hmmm I got the regular help. Although I am confused since its the
   >>> first time in ages that I went into lynx without adding a site I
   >>> wanted to reach. The default page that came up was worthless to me.
   >>> All graphic links with no alt text. Surely thats wrong.

  >>When I do a ? in lynx (Version 2.8.5dev.12 (18 Dec 2002); Linux
  >>2.4.22-10mdk), I get a local help page:

  >>/usr/share/lynx/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html

 > Must be my version of Lynx, 2.8.3rel.1, for DOS

Someone posted the names of a few configuration files that might be
relevant. I only have one of them, and there's nothing about a help
file in it, so it looks like there's one hardcoded as the default in
my release.

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Blinky the Shark <no.spam RemoveThis @box.invalid> wrote in
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  >> Must be my version of Lynx, 2.8.3rel.1, for DOS
 >
 > Someone posted the names of a few configuration files that might be
 > relevant. I only have one of them, and there's nothing about a help
 > file in it, so it looks like there's one hardcoded as the default in
 > my release.
 >

Ahhh do a search for the file hosts.
See if there is a redirection entry for that site.

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