On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 01:38:48PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > they make it difficult to do because they don't send a valid URL - > > URL: http://manage.directi.com&domainname=xxxxxxxxxxxxx.com�istrar= Tucows, > Inc. > /general/ConfirmRfa.jsp?rfaid=3141&type=DomCnoTrfAwayFromUs&name=AdminContac > t&[EMAIL PROTECTED]&domainname=xxxxxxxxxxxxx.com�istrar= Tucows, > Inc.
This looks like the pieces have been assembled in the wrong order. It probably wants to be something like: http://manage.directi.com/general/ConfirmRfa.jsp?rfaid=3141&type=DomCnoTrfAwayFromUs&name=AdminContact&[EMAIL PROTECTED]&domainname=xxxxxxxxxxxxx.com®istrar=%20Tucows,%20Inc. Even so, > there are two things that I can spot wrong with it:- > > a) the '&' after the domain - surely it should be '?' or a page and then '?' This isn't always the case. If they are translating the URL using Apache's mod_rewrite, they might already have a '?' in use. For example, they could translate 'manage.directi.com' to /cgi-bin/dostuff.cgi?action=manage' in which case the above data might be closer to correct. > b) the URL contains '�istrar=' - obviously parsed at their end, and changes > '®ister' to the ® symbol - anyone without html knowledge wouldn't > know this - so god knows how many transfers get rejected in this way. I've seen things like this before, and I'm pretty sure this is YOUR fault, not theirs. They're sending the ®, but your email software is misinterpreting it. The string "®" should only be turned into a register if it is followed immediately by a semicolon. I've had cases where *I* sent off URLs that included things like "®foo=xxx" and had complaints from users of Outlook Express. Experiment. See if the URL contains the bad character when you look at the message in another mail client (I recommend Mozilla). -- Paul Chvostek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Operations / Abuse / Whatever +1 416 598-0000 it.canada - hosting and development http://www.it.ca/
