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Surfing Novices
On 9/23/2017 1:55 AM, Savageduck wrote:
On Sep 22, 2017, nospam wrote (in ) : In iganews.com, Savageduck wrote: Seems at times the long URLs are broken at the sending app. they aren't broken. this url might look like it's broken, but it's not: http://www. cnn. com How strange, it is behaving broken in both Unison and Hogwasher. then both apps are broken. Sigh..... Dare say, who expects a few hex: 2E0A (s) in the middle of a url? ;-) -- l... r c -- |
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Surfing Novices
In article , Ron C
wrote: Seems at times the long URLs are broken at the sending app. they aren't broken. this url might look like it's broken, but it's not: http://www. cnn. com How strange, it is behaving broken in both Unison and Hogwasher. then both apps are broken. Sigh..... Dare say, who expects a few hex: 2E0A (s) in the middle of a url? ;-) everyone who writes software that's used in the real world does. further, embedded whitespace in a url is *not* unexpected. it happens for a variety of reasons and well written software *must* be able to handle it. the rfcs explain it in further detail, which you clearly have not read. and as for not handling unexpected input, just ask equifax how well that worked out. |
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Surfing Novices
On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 20:50:21 -0400, nospam
wrote: In article , Eric Stevens wrote: So there isn't. But try this one. http://tinyurl.com/y74ezed9 It looks as though your timing was off on this one. https://www.dropbox.com/s/h0seayar03mbbmt/screenshot_171.png "Sorry, this content isn't available right now" ...so? What did you think is being said regarding the Eric surfing shot that nobody can see? Well, that wasn't my surfing shot or, at least, I didn't post it. So you didn¹t post http://tinyurl.com/y74ezed9 ? The dropbox link was to a screenshot of what I saw when attempting to open your tinyurl. You could have explained that. The URL does say ³screenshot_171.png². It was not as if I was trying to deceive anybody. I don't normally read URLs. Perhaps I should? what you should do is test urls before posting, and do so in a browser that is *not* logged into whatever site it is. I do test but the problem with face book is that it recognises my email address and automatically logs me in. also stop using tinyurl. Ignore it if you don't like it. Other people find it useful. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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Surfing Novices
On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 17:55:30 -0700, Savageduck
wrote: On Sep 22, 2017, Eric Stevens wrote (in ): On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 06:57:40 -0700, Savageduck wrote: Le Snip The URL does say “screenshot_171.png”. It was not as if I was trying to deceive anybody. I don't normally read URLs. Perhaps I should? Perhaps you should. It is worthwhile considering the source, or individual posting before blindly clicking on any URL. For example, I have no problem trusting DB, Adobe CC, Smugmug, Flickr, and TinyURL (if used when there are going to be obvious long URL issues, or if the TinyURL preview option is used) links from the usual group of contributors. However, as with some mystery emails, and mystery Usenet posters, one should be a tad cautious. That's a different situation. I most definitely do read the URLs from mystery posters and phishermen. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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In article , Eric Stevens
wrote: I don't normally read URLs. Perhaps I should? what you should do is test urls before posting, and do so in a browser that is *not* logged into whatever site it is. I do test but the problem with face book is that it recognises my email address and automatically logs me in. then you aren't testing it properly. note where i said not logged in. also stop using tinyurl. Ignore it if you don't like it. Other people find it useful. more people would find it useful if you used proper delimiters. |
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In article , Eric Stevens
wrote: Perhaps you should. It is worthwhile considering the source, or individual posting before blindly clicking on any URL. For example, I have no problem trusting DB, Adobe CC, Smugmug, Flickr, and TinyURL (if used when there are going to be obvious long URL issues, or if the TinyURL preview option is used) links from the usual group of contributors. However, as with some mystery emails, and mystery Usenet posters, one should be a tad cautious. That's a different situation. I most definitely do read the URLs from mystery posters and phishermen. you can't do that if they're tinyurl'ed. |
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On Sat, 23 Sep 2017 19:38:19 -0400, nospam
wrote: In article , Eric Stevens wrote: I don't normally read URLs. Perhaps I should? what you should do is test urls before posting, and do so in a browser that is *not* logged into whatever site it is. I do test but the problem with face book is that it recognises my email address and automatically logs me in. then you aren't testing it properly. note where i said not logged in. also stop using tinyurl. Ignore it if you don't like it. Other people find it useful. more people would find it useful if you used proper delimiters. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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On Sat, 23 Sep 2017 19:38:21 -0400, nospam
wrote: In article , Eric Stevens wrote: Perhaps you should. It is worthwhile considering the source, or individual posting before blindly clicking on any URL. For example, I have no problem trusting DB, Adobe CC, Smugmug, Flickr, and TinyURL (if used when there are going to be obvious long URL issues, or if the TinyURL preview option is used) links from the usual group of contributors. However, as with some mystery emails, and mystery Usenet posters, one should be a tad cautious. That's a different situation. I most definitely do read the URLs from mystery posters and phishermen. you can't do that if they're tinyurl'ed. I don't respond to mystery posters or phishermen unless I approve of their URLs. For the last several months I've been been receiving a dozen a day or more. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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In article , Eric Stevens
wrote: I don't respond to mystery posters or phishermen unless I approve of their URLs. For the last several months I've been been receiving a dozen a day or more. via email? get better spam filtering. |
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Surfing Novices
On Sat, 23 Sep 2017 20:58:53 -0400, nospam
wrote: In article , Eric Stevens wrote: I don't respond to mystery posters or phishermen unless I approve of their URLs. For the last several months I've been been receiving a dozen a day or more. via email? get better spam filtering. I've got spam filtering. The problem is that unless you (or the software) knows better they all look genuine. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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