Daniel Veditz wrote:
>
> He's asking about the HTTP Referrer header, which tells the server where
> you're coming from. Some sites use this to prevent "deep linking", only
> allowing access to parts of their site if they came from another part of the
> site.
>
> Typically if you type a URL in the location bar of a browser no referrer is
> sent.
>
> In Communicator 4.x following a bookmark sent a referrer of "Bookmark:" or
> something similar. A bad implementation would send
> "file:///c|/windows/profile/me/etc/bookmarks.html", giving away personal
> path information.
>
> There is an RFE to be able to turn off Referrer altogether
> (http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55477) but I don't see any
> reported problems with bookmarks.
Just curious...would clicking on a link in mailnews send a news:// or
mailto:// URL as a referrer? Would Chatzilla send an irc:// URL?
