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  What is jump.cgi ?
 
When you link to an outside page now in FTX, it goes through 'jump.cgi', eg linking to "(URL) would create the URL "(URL) when the FTX is converted into HTML. Is it some sinister tracking device, or is it to stop people linking to places you don't (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: What is jump.cgi ?
 
(...) It is a tracking device but not sinister and not intended to stop anything. It's simply to be able to count outgoing click-throughs. The jump.cgi script does simply rewrites the URL and outputs a new HTTP 'Location:' header. Then the httpd (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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