URL files from IE on a PC

[Steven Rogers]

People on that "other" operating system are always sending me links 
that are .URL files with a format like this:

[DEFAULT]
BASEURL=http://www.handspring.com/software/blazer_overview.jhtml

[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://www.handspring.com/software/blazer_overview.jhtml
Modified=C0B6FACBA7D3C20178

I guess they come from IE on the PC - except that neither IE nor 
Netscape on the Mac seems to do anything with it. IE will show it like 
a text file, but Netscape just locks up. The best I could figure out to 
do is make a text reader the "helper" application for that file in 
Netscape (I normally use Netscape) then copy the URL from the text 
window and paste it into the browser.

Anyone know if there's a way to make these things work by just double 
clicking on them? It would be worth it to write a program that parses 
the file, extracts the URL, and calls the system default browser with 
it. Danged annoying that IE on the PC generates stuff that IE on the 
Mac won't work with.

SR