Re: lynx-dev new version...when?

[Thomas E. Dickey]

On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 address@hidden wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 02:56:15PM -0400, Thomas E. Dickey wrote:
> > On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 address@hidden wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > when can we expect the next stable version? something that might work with
> > > yahoo groups?
>
> > I don't recall what the issue was with yahoo groups - if it's not related
> > to one of the parsing bugs, it's probably not addressed in my to-do list.
>
> this is a problem with yahoo's cookies. authentication for the groups site
> results in three cookies being passed to lynx...it only accepts one. thus
> the autentication never happens and you return to the login screen again and
> again.

well, since it's something you can reproduce (and I haven't seen it), the
thing to do would be to see why lynx only accepts one cookie (and see if
it's something that we should fix).

>
> i saw this by watching the transaction using tcpdump with  both lynx and
> netscape nav. unfortunately, yahoo does not seem to have an unencrypted
> login anymore and i am not now able to see the transaction in clear text at
> all.
>
> you previously stated that this seemed to be a problem on only some systems
> (not yours) but it has been a continual problem for me and no adjustment of
> the config file fixes it.
>
> fractoid
>
>
>

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