On Sep 11, 2008, at 9:25 , Lee Larson wrote: > On Sep 11, at 7:27 AM, Bill Rising wrote: > >> My guess is that the DNS from the ISP is now jumping in and putting >> up an annoying page instead of telling Safari that the site was not >> found. I really don't want this behavior, but I don't know how to >> avoid it. Perhaps there is an app which I can use to refuse any >> pages from the ISP? > > I think your guess is correct about the DNS and I also think Ed is > right about Safari getting a link for stata/meeting from your > browsing history. I've tried variations on that idea with my own > sites. Before resetting Safari, things like louisville/~lee and > louisville/blackboard would find the pages I expected. After > resetting or turning on private browsing, they no longer work. > > You've got to admit Safari moving from stata/meeting to www.stata.com/meeting > is a pretty long jump without some sort of help from a cache.
I would think it would find that a/b is not found, then try a.com/b then try www.a.com/b just like before. I could swear I only started using the a/b addresses after reading that Safari was smart enough to use them. I've also could swear I've used them on computers where no one would have looked for stata/meeting in well over a year (like my mom's computer). Maybe I'm just reconstructing false memories. Is there a way to filter the crap from the ISP? BTW... whether it is coincidental or not, as this lousy behavior started, so did service interruptions. I think that the ISP's DNS server is hosed. Bill _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
