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Send it if answer is not obvious from examination --- Stef On 2013-03-02, at 17:50, Karen Lewellen <[email protected]> wrote: > While I suppose someone might have a reason for doing that, I cannot for the > life of me imagine why on earth I might ever disable cookies smile. > I assure you cookies are working with my setup. > Karen > > On Sat, 2 Mar 2013, [email protected] wrote: > >> hi karen. >> >>> Let's say I am filling out a form. I choose submit and then get... >>> Warning! reloading document, any form entries will be lost. >> >> if you have disabled cookies in lynx, this might happen when trying to >> submit a form to a server that requires cookie information from your >> browser to determine the server's behavior upon submission of the >> form. >> >> in the absence of cookie info, the server might redirect your browser >> to the page containing the form, which lynx obediently reloads >> (clearing the forms). >> >> enable cookies and try again, and see if that doesn't produce more >> satisfactory results. >> >> does it? >> >> hope this helps, >> wes >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, 2 Mar 2013, Karen Lewellen wrote: >> >>> Hi folks, >>> I actually have more than one question, but keeping them in different >>> threads. >>> I am helping a service troubleshoot their ability to work with lynx. >>> Knowing this is their problem, not the fault of lynx, I am wondering just >>> what the browser may be encountering when it is motivated to produce the >>> following? >>> Let's say I am filling out a form. I choose submit and then get... >>> Warning! reloading document, any form entries will be lost. >>> >>> 99.99% of the time, indeed the form is empty. once in a while though >>> things are fine. >>> what triggers this error in lynx? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Karen >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Lynx-dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Lynx-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Lynx-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev _______________________________________________ Lynx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
