Simon Rae wrote: > > Hi all, > > We currently use Squid 2.5 STABLE1 running on Red Hat Linux 7 with a pretty > much > default squid.conf. A number of our users access their Yahoo and Hotmail > accounts from the office and since we started using Squid, they receive > errors like the following once they are logged into the site: > > >ERROR > >The requested URL could not be retrieved > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > >While trying to retrieve the URL: /ym/ShowFolder?rb=Inbox&reset=1&YY=72315 > > > >The following error was encountered: > > > >Invalid URL > >Some aspect of the requested URL is incorrect. Possible problems: > > > >Missing or incorrect access protocol (should be `http://'' or similar) > >Missing hostname > >Illegal double-escape in the URL-Path > >Illegal character in hostname; underscores are not allowed > > Squid appears to be chopping off the start of the URL > > I've added the following lines to the squid.conf as suggested elsewhere but > to no avail. > > >hierarchy_stoplist hotmail.com > >hierarchy_stoplist yahoo.com > >hierarchy_stoplist msn.com > > as well as: > > >acl hotmail dstdomain .hotmail.com > >always_direct allow hotmail > >acl yahoo dstdomain .yahoo.com > >always_direct allow yahoo > >acl msn dstdomain .msn.com > >always_direct allow msn > > The strange thing is that very occasionally, it works OK. Any ideas?? > > Many thanks,
- We have no problems using hotmail,for years, now using squid 2.5S3 (curr). on Redhat 6.2 Some issues perhaps : + The directives mentioned are unrelated to your problem,unless you are using parent caches and or siblings. + Are you using transp. proxying ? + Is this problem related to a particular browser type and or version or not ,or does the problem occur in several browser types (netscape, ie, mozilla, ...) ? > > Si -- 'Love is truth without any future. (M.E. 1997)
