[maemo-users] [maemo-users] Re: RSS reader behavior on HTTP redirects

[From: Nicola Larosa]

Andrew Flegg wrote:
> If the wifi provider was using 301 rather than 302 to redirect to the
> login page, *they're* the ones mis-reading the specs, so the
> enhancement you suggest would be useful there.

The practical situation of 3xx HTTP response code is a mess with historical
causes:

Redirect in response to POST transaction
http://ppewww.physics.gla.ac.uk/~flavell/www/post-redirect.html


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