IE 7 puts :80 in URL

[peterinwa]

When I click on a link -- in an e-mail, for example -- the webpage loads into the browser window just fine. But the URL has a :80 in it.

It's harmless, but anyone have a clue why this happens?

Curious.

[Wlauzon]

I noticed that also. Seems to occur mostly when I click on links in emails.

[penders]

That'll be the port number (80 is most commonly used for the web server). It looks like IE7 is simply displaying it(?) If the browser doesn't show it, it will still be using it behind the scenes.

http://www.domain.com:port#

If the port number used by the web server is something other than 80, then you have to specify it in the URL, otherwise it defaults to 80.

Is it only with IE7? Maybe it's the email client which is passing the port number as part of the URL?