Re: lynx-dev HTTP_REFERER for pages that are result of form submission via GET

[Walter Ian Kaye]

At 12:01p +0500 04/08/2002, Vlad Harchev didst inscribe upon an 
electronic papyrus:

> On 7 Apr 2002, clemensF wrote:
>
>  > NO_REFERER_HEADER:FALSE
>  > REFERER_WITH_QUERY:SEND
>  >
>  > that doesn't do it??  what happens?  remember, if you're a micro$oft
>
>  It doesn't help as I said earlier. Here is another time I quote
> documentation:
>
> # If NO_REFERER_HEADER is TRUE, Referer headers never will be sent in
> # transmissions to servers.  Lynx normally sends the URL of the document
> # from which the link was derived, but not for startfile URLs, 'g'oto
> # URLs, 'j'ump shortcuts, bookmark file links, history list links, or
> # URLs that include the content from form submissions with method GET.
>
>  This means lynx won't ever send referer for "URLs that include the content
> from form submissions with method GET".

Unless you tell it otherwise. We're telling you that telling it 
otherwise WILL work. Humor us and try it. :)

I have a CGI which is a two-parter; first part is a GET, second part 
is a POST. The second part reads the HTTP_REFERER from the GET 
submission. It does work! You just have to change your lynx.cfg file 
from the default settings to the settings as clemensF posted.

The thread from 12/31/2001 mentions what version of Lynx is required 
for this to work.

-Walter
 who thought that by mentioning the 12/31 thread, this one would be shorter



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