Photocast URL forces launch of iPhoto 6

When I published a photocast and sent the "invite" email, Macintosh users with iPhoto 6 installed seem not to have the option to use the URL for the RSS feed in any application except iPhoto.
For example, when you copy the URL from the email and paste it into the nav bar in Safari (which can handle RSS) it does NOT go to the feed in Safari, it instead launches iPhoto 6 and sets up the Photocast in iPhoto. Strange, and NOT what I want it to do. Am I doing something wrong? How is this even possible? A URL is just text!?

Dave,
Yes, thanks, that works. The "invitation" email generated by iPhoto '06 provides a URL that is incorrect to the extent that it appears to be valid only for other Mac users who want to view the photocast in iPhoto '06.
There is a detailed technical explanation from SandyS1 in another thread, "Photocast.mac.com rejects ALL non-Apple RSS readers", that explains what is happening and has info useful to PC users, Mac users without '06, or anyone who wants to view Photocasts via an RSS feed reader.

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