Topic reply notifications using ip

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Marlin
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Topic reply notifications using ip

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Just recently I received a Topic reply notification from this board.

The thing I considered unusual about it, was that the URLs used
ip addresses (88.191.63.41) instead of server names.

I first considered the possibility of someone trying to lure me
to another place.
I then found this ip address matched to http://www.purebasic.fr.

Is this a mere accident or is there more to know about that?

I was also thinking, that going by ip addressed instead of
server names could prevent problems caused by
DNS entry faults [caused by some new "legislation"].