doesn't redirect

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Hi,

I'm using IE 6. Its seems my browser doesn't redirect. I tried restoring
default options on the Internet Options/advanced panel. I've made sure the
enable page transitions is clicked. I tried reinstalling IE. It still doesn't
allow redirects.

Guy
 
Guy said:
Hi,

I'm using IE 6. Its seems my browser doesn't redirect. I tried restoring
default options on the Internet Options/advanced panel. I've made sure the
enable page transitions is clicked. I tried reinstalling IE. It still
doesn't
allow redirects.

Guy
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Is meta-refresh enabled in the Internet security zone (or which security
zone gets used for whatever site you are visiting but for which you never
gave an example)?
 
The zone is internet. My security level is medium for this zone. It is on the
default settings. I don't know whether meta-refresh is enabled.
 
Guy said:
The zone is internet. My security level is medium for this zone. It is on
the
default settings. I don't know whether meta-refresh is enabled.
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You won't until you actually look. Click on the button to customize the
settings (you don't need to save any changes, especially if you don't make
any to just see what they currently are). I've customized my settings (to
be more stringent) and am not going to record them all to see what values
are used in the Medium level. As I recall, meta-refresh should be enabled
in Medium level.

So *if* meta-refresh is enabled, just WHAT type of redirect are you asking
about? Give an example site, or better explain what you mean by redirect
(since it can be done invisibly, can be done using frames, etc.).
 
Guy said:
Hi,

I'm using IE 6. Its seems my browser doesn't redirect. I tried restoring
default options on the Internet Options/advanced panel. I've made sure the
enable page transitions is clicked. I tried reinstalling IE. It still
doesn't
allow redirects.

Guy
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Your description is not enough. Give an example link and what you expect to
happen, and what does happen.
 
examples of sites that try to redirect me and fail are yahoo and hotmail.

My browser has no 'meta-refresh' setting under internet settings/advanced.
 
Guy said:
examples of sites that try to redirect me and fail are yahoo and hotmail.
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So are you talking about YOU clicking on URL links in their pages? Yahoo
and Hotmail have many pages and URLs. Could you be specific by giving a URL
that *you* enter and the URL where you end up (i.e., where you started and
where you got redirected).
My browser has no 'meta-refresh' setting under internet settings/advanced.
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That's the general options page and doesn't have any *security* settings per
se. Look under the Security tab. That is where security zones are defined.
One of them is called the Internet zone and probably the one you are using.
 
when I try to log on to yahoo I get this message :

If you are seeing this page, your browser settings prevent you from
automatically redirecting to a new URL.
Please click here to continue.

when I try to log on to hotmail

it stops at a seemingly empty page with the following contents :

<html><head><script
type="text/javascript">top.location.replace("http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/sbox?t=XXX&p=XXXlc=XXX&id=XXX");function OnBack(){}</script></head></html>
 
Vanguard said:
So are you talking about YOU clicking on URL links in their pages? Yahoo
and Hotmail have many pages and URLs. Could you be specific by giving a URL
that *you* enter and the URL where you end up (i.e., where you started and
where you got redirected).
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after I enter info on the hotmail login site I get directed towards a page
that looks empty and it stops there the contents of the page are this :

<html><head><script
That's the general options page and doesn't have any *security* settings per
se. Look under the Security tab. That is where security zones are defined.
One of them is called the Internet zone and probably the one you are using.
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Ok. I see the meta-refresh setting now. It is enabled.
 
Can't you follow the flow of posting? Jumping to top posting makes things
hard to follow, you lose help.




Your post moved *this time only* so the conversation flows.



when I try to
log on to yahoo I get this message :
If you are seeing this page, your browser settings prevent you from
automatically redirecting to a new URL.
Please click here to continue.

when I try to log on to hotmail

it stops at a seemingly empty page with the following contents :

<html><head><script
type="text/javascript">top.location.replace("http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/sbox?t=XXX&p=XXXlc=XXX&id=XXX");function
OnBack(){}</script></head></html>
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Look at the security settings in IE, reduce the levels of the relevant
settings.
Internet Options, Security tab. Custom level button.
Advanced tab, check Java is enabled.
 
Guy said:
after I enter info on the hotmail login site I get directed towards a page
that looks empty and it stops there the contents of the page are this :

<html><head><script
type="text/javascript">top.location.replace("http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/sbox?t=XXX&p=XXXlc=XXX&id=XXX");function


Ok. I see the meta-refresh setting now. It is enabled.
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For Hotmail, www.hotmail.com takes you to their Passport login page. I
think there are 2 interstitchal pages after submitting those login
credentials before you get to the mailbox web page. The first one is the
action for the form data entered on the login page to submit the data to an
SSL page (to protect your login credentials). I'd rather have the login
page be itself SSL secured so you can see the padlock icon in the status
bar. However, after looking at the action for the submit of the form data
of the Passport login page, I see that it gets sent to an HTTPS:// page
which means the SSL connect must be done first and then the login
credentials get sent.

For Hotmail, you do not need to allow cookies although some 3rd party ones
are offered. However, I believe that you must have Referrer enabled in your
firewall for the remaining pages to work to redirect you to their webmail
page. You could try disabling your firewall temporarily. You could also
try adding *.hotmail.com, *.hotmail.microsoft.com, *.msn.com, and
*.microsoft.com to the trusted sites list. I forget which ones to use and
remember having to experiment to see which subdomains were needed so that I
didn't have to unblock Referrer for all sites.

The use of Referrer is not only to track you for marketing purposes. It is
also to guarantee that the site knows from whence you came when you get to
one of their web pages and allows for securing navigation through their
site.
 
ed said:
Can't you follow the flow of posting? Jumping to top posting makes things
hard to follow, you lose help.

Your post moved *this time only* so the conversation flows.
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I don't know what problem your describing or what interface you're using.
All I did was click on your post and hit the reply button.
Look at the security settings in IE, reduce the levels of the relevant
settings.
Internet Options, Security tab. Custom level button.
Advanced tab, check Java is enabled.
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I clicked on 'java logging enabled' and 'java console enabled' and restarted
my machine. I set the security custom settings to low tried to log on to
hotmail again. I still have the same problem it sends me to a page which
wants to redirect me but does not.
 
That seems to have done the trick. Hotmail redirected me to the inbox.

Is there a solution that doesn't involve trusted sites? Because I know I
have the same problem at Yahoo, and at gmail, etc.
 
Guy said:
That seems to have done the trick. Hotmail redirected me to the inbox.

Is there a solution that doesn't involve trusted sites? Because I know I
have the same problem at Yahoo, and at gmail, etc.
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Depends on WHICH firewall you use. Norton's let me add specific sites to
its block/allow list which has properties for each domain/subdomain listed
which let me, for example, allow Referrer at one domain but block it by
default from others. I now use Sygate and it doesn't have that option but
then the Personal version that I use doesn't block Referrer, either. I
don't see the need to block Referrer since tracking between sites for
marketing purposes can be accomplished using your IP address. So you could
configure your firewall to not block Referrer to any site, too.
 
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