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Re: Validator

From: Terje Bless <link@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 22:16:06 +0200
To: W3C Validator <www-validator@w3.org>
cc: ud@art-satz.de, Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com>
Message-ID: <a0106000f-1025-967AD1C671DA11D7B5DF0030657B83E8@[193.157.66.23]>

Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com> wrote:

>Most likely a problem with the referrer being sent to the validator. For
>example, if this is on your local machine, and thus accessed via a
>file:// URL and not an http:// URL, such a problem could very well
>result.

Well, that particular case would have resulted in the Validator complaining
that the "file://" URI scheme was not supported. Most likely this is a
result of some web proxy or privacy software stripping off the HTTP
Referrer header somewhere between the user's browser and the Validator.

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