Alex Brelsfoard wrote:
> This JS is being called through a perl script:
> So file.pl spits out "Content-type: text/JavaScript\n\n" followed by
> some JavaScript.

As long as your JS is executing, I don't expect that has an impact on 
the problem.


> This does NOT give a request to the apache logs:
> var img_src = "https://mydomain.com/images/ping.gif?n=1";;
> 
> But this DOES:
> var img_src = "https://mydomain.com/images/ping.gif?n=2";;

You said you had code to add random data after the file name. I don't 
see that.


> ...if you can help explain this strange behavior in IE7 I would be
> very grateful.

I reiterate the suggestions from my last posting:

>> The other option to consider is the involvement of a caching proxy. Is
>> IE configured to use a proxy? Try running a packet sniffer to see where
>> it is actually connecting. You might also be faced with a transparent
>> caching proxy at an ISP, which you won't be able to bypass from the
>> client side, but should have the same effect on all browsers running on
>> the machine running IE7.
[...]
>> Have you explored setting the headers from the server side of things? If
>> this is just a simple image bug used for tracking purposes, you could
>> throw together a CGI with a few lines of code that sets the headers and
>> returns the image. There are probably scripts already available that do
>> this.


  -Tom

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