Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx redirecting to a new URL

[David Woolley]

Thomas Dickey wrote:

> >  Please click here to continue.
>
> lynx doesn't automatically load and follow a refresh-url (which
> sounds like what you're talking about).

I think this is much more likely to be a javascript issue.  Although I'm 
not a user of Yahoo mail, I would have hoped that they had enough 
control of the server not to have to meke illegal use of meta refresh as 
as substitute for an HTTP redirect.  Lynx has no problem following such 
proper redirects.

My guess is that they are using scripting to gather information about 
the browser configuration.

Lynx doesn't support scripting, and making it do so would be a major 
rewrite.

It is possible it is looping here because the fallback URL is wrong; 
that is not uncommon.
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