--- lynx2-8-5/WWW/Library/Implementation/HTFile.c.orig	Sun Jun 30 23:38:06 2002
+++ lynx2-8-5/WWW/Library/Implementation/HTFile.c	Sun Jun 30 23:46:16 2002
@@ -2495,9 +2495,18 @@
 	*/
 	if (HTStat(localname,&dir_info) == -1)	   /* get file information */
 	{
-				/* if can't read file information */
+	
+	    char *tmp_localname = (char *)malloc(strlen(localname) + 4);
 	    CTRACE((tfp, "HTLoadFile: can't stat %s\n", localname));
 
+	    if (tmp_localname) {
+		stpcpy( stpcpy( tmp_localname, localname), ".gz" );
+		FREE(localname);
+		localname = tmp_localname;
+	    }
+	    /* if can't read file information */
+	    
+
 	}  else {		/* Stat was OK */
 
 	    if (S_ISDIR(dir_info.st_mode)) {