I try to open the following URL: http://auto_diversen.marktplaza.nl/ open-uri throws the following error: the scheme http does not accept registry part I tried several solutions like this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5208851/is-there-a-workaround-to-open-urls-containing-underscores-in-ruby but that doesn't work. and this; http://jessehowarth.com/2011/04/02/handling-underscores-in-subdomains-with-ruby but none worked. I use ruby 1.9.3p0 Anyone an idea what the solution could be? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.