Re: lynx-dev redirect limit

[David Woolley]

> Is there any way I can set this redirection limit so I can use these 
> sites? Granted, I view the idea of so many redirections as rather sloppy, 
> but I still want the info available to me through tvgen (TV Guide 
> Entertainment Network.) 

This sort of redirection runaway usually means a broken site.  It has 
probably decided that it doesn't like Lynx and is trying to pass you onto
a fallback page, which may have been removed and is redirecting back to the
original.

Two things that might trigger this are using a very old version of Lynx,
such that there is no cookie support at all, and explicit discrimination
against Lynx because it is assumed to have capability which are often
more limited than is really the case.

If it is a cookie problem, you may find they have decided that no-one
implements limits on the number of cookies stored (the standard doesn't
permit this assumption) and therefore that you will be forced to reregister
every time if you don't support permanent cookies.

Before demanding permanent cookies, I would strongly advise you to
read the FAQ at www.junkbusters.com, to understand some of the real
reasons for permanent cookies.

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