Not only do they use cached proxy servers, but they severely filter content.
Wise words: "bad bad bad" =)
Scott M. Berry
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College of the Canyons Web Design
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jennifer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: Is 4.5.1 Solid
> At 09:02 AM 4/10/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >Hi Dick,
> >
> >We upgraded to 4.51 and it seemed to cure quite a few ills. So far no
> >damage. We had previously installed the hot fixes for CFHTTP and CFMAIL
and
> >had switched some CFMAIL calls off to another machine so we didn't have
many
> >problems there. It now does allow the 20,000,000 AOL users that couldn't
> >complete our pages do so...seems really strange to me that they would
allow
> >such crap to be issued as a release in the first place as an 'upgrade' ;)
>
> You can't really mean that. The problem is on AOL's end. CF Server now
> accommodates the problems on AOL's end. Do you honestly want Allaire to
get
> accounts with every major ISP so they can check to see if the ISP's stupid
> procedures mess up the sites? I used to work at a hosting company and the
> focus was on video hosting. Every time we had a broadcast, we would get
> inundated with tech support calls from AOL users asking us why our site
was
> broken. You can't imagine how many times I had to explain to people
exactly
> why they needed to get a real ISP. AOL uses cached proxy servers and it is
> bad bad bad.
>
> The really funny calls were the AOL users who said "What do you mean you
> don't do tech support for AOL? You're the Internet, right?"
>
>
> > > The ISP who hosts many of my client's sites is considering switching
> > > to 4.5.1 as the active CF platform.
> > >
> > > There have been lots of threads re problems with various 4.5
versions...
> > >
> > > I am especially concerned with:
> > >
> > > CFHTTP
> > >
> > > regexps
> > >
> > > CFMAIL
> > >
> > > Anyone know of outstanding problems with 4.5.1?
> > >
> > > Any killer incompatibilities between 4.0 & 4.5 1?
> > >
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > Dick
> >
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