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Re: REPOST (was: HTTP working group status & issues)

From: Fisher Mark <FisherM@is3.indy.tce.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 96 16:57:00 EST
To: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
Cc: HTTP Working Group <http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
Message-Id: <32504141@MSMAIL.INDY.TCE.COM> 

I've reconsidered, and POST with an "Idempotent:" header seems OK by me.  It 
fails in the safe mode (all POSTS are non-idempotent), so idempotent POST 
may be the solution for now.  Hopefully we will all learn from this and get 
this issue right in binary HTTP...
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Mark Leighton Fisher                   Thomson Consumer Electronics
fisherm@indy.tce.com                   Indianapolis, IN
Received on Monday, 30 September 1996 14:57:25 EDT

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