Hi all,
I am using gmail to test my applications and notice something strange - I have coded a user verification system (the usual "Please check your inbox for an email and click the link inside to unlock your account") and when I click the link from within gmail, it will go through some strange redirection, and access the page in question (say, index.php?action=validate&id=12345) twice, ending up with error messages when actually the transaction is approved.
I am using PHPMailer, btw. YahooMail has no such problems.
Is there any reason why this is happening? Anyway to solve it?
What is gmail doing to my links?
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Re: What is gmail doing to my links?
Can you post us such a link which is screwed up by Google?
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Re: What is gmail doing to my links?
It looks like this:
http://domain.com/creditvalidate.php?tr ... 9751E1YG6S
If you cut and paste into the browser, it works.
If you click from inside gmail, it will go through a redirect before popping up the page in the new window (see attachment)
http://domain.com/creditvalidate.php?tr ... 9751E1YG6S
If you cut and paste into the browser, it works.
If you click from inside gmail, it will go through a redirect before popping up the page in the new window (see attachment)
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Re: What is gmail doing to my links?
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And you use HTML emails not simple TEXT/PLAIN types right? I don't really know why it does that.
And you use HTML emails not simple TEXT/PLAIN types right? I don't really know why it does that.
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Re: What is gmail doing to my links?
eh, *bump*
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Re: What is gmail doing to my links?
Sorry, another bump.
It has been two months and I have no idea how to solve it...
It has been two months and I have no idea how to solve it...
Re: What is gmail doing to my links?
Are both requests coming from the same IP?