Re: doesn't redirect
"Vanguard" wrote:
> "Guy" <Guy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B8367991-DD14-4843-B7AD-9878AF9BBC45@microsoft.com...
> > examples of sites that try to redirect me and fail are yahoo and hotmail.
>
> 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).
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 OnBack(){}</script></head></html>
> > My browser has no 'meta-refresh' setting under internet settings/advanced.
>
> 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.
Ok. I see the meta-refresh setting now. It is enabled.
> > "Vanguard" wrote:
> >
> >> "Guy" <Guy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:B305C9BC-B7C9-4D4F-A7D9-F0D08E2D140E@microsoft.com...
> >> > 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.
> >>
> >>
> >> 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.).
> >>
> >>
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