Re: [Savannah-hackers] Invalid URL in registration response

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On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 05:42:06AM -0400, Rudy Gevaert <address@hidden> wrote:
> Could you explain again please.  I don't understand what you mean.

NP, I'll try it differently:

1. The mail one gets sent after registering claims to contain a URL
   that helps on re-registration.

2. That URL is supposed to be between the
   "----RERegistration-URL-BEGIN-----" and END lines.

3. However, between these lines there is not a single URL, but
   "short URL" + "lots of garbage"

4. The "short URL" does not really help in re-registration.

5. The "short URL" + "lots of garbage" is not generally accepted by
   browsers, since it is not a valid URL. If it is accepted, it might
   result in undefined behaviour, since interpreting something that is
   not a valid URL is up to the browser.

6. Either the mail-sending-script should be changed to generate valid
   URLs, _or_ it shouldn't be claimed that a URL is following, since
   that is confusing to users. If, what is between the RERegistration
   lines, actually works with some browsers then it would be better
   to specify these.

Summary: My whole point is that the mail text claims that there is a URL,
but there isn't one (at least not a working one). _Something_ should be
fixed: Either the text, or the URL.

I hope this was more clear ;)

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