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Re: Stick in the mud...
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lugnet.admin.general
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Tue, 13 Jun 2000 21:12:56 GMT
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Todd Lehman wrote:
> It's not so bad when a server adds a trailing slash when someone types a URL
> in wrong by hand (like something they saw printed wrong on purpose in a print
> advertisement), but when a server allows _written_ URLs (i.e., from links at
> other pages) to be wrong, therein lies the can of worms. Hmm, a server could
> certainly look at the HTTP referrer on-the-fly and decide how lenient to be
> based on the origin of the URL.
Oh goody, the xoom factor...
What is really needed is a protocol to inform the owner of the referring
page that they have a bad link.
--
Frank Filz
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Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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| In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes: <snip> (...) You're technically correct. Leaving off a trailing slash is technically "wrong" syntax. But before we condemn servers for automatically adding it back in and doing what the user expects (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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