Simply for the record (I'm not expecting anyone to read this and go, "Oh!
There it is!") here's the result of using trace/net on.  Thanks all!

>> trace/net on
>> print read http://www.chalz.com/cgi-bin/whois?chalz.net
URL Parse: none none www.chalz.com none cgi-bin/ whois?chalz.net
Net-log: ["Opening tcp for" HTTP]
connecting to: www.chalz.com
Net-log: {GET /cgi-bin/whois?chalz.net HTTP/1.0
Accept: */*
Connection: close
User-Agent: REBOL 2.5.0.3.1
Host: www.chalz.com

}
Net-log: "HTTP/1.1 302 Found"
URL Parse: none none www.chalz.net none cgi-bin/ whois?chalz.net
Net-log: ["Opening tcp for" HTTP]
connecting to: www.chalz.net
Net-log: {GET /cgi-bin/whois?chalz.net HTTP/1.0
Accept: */*
Connection: close
User-Agent: REBOL 2.5.0.3.1
Host: www.chalz.com

}
Net-log: "HTTP/1.1 302 Found"
URL Parse: none none www.chalz.net none cgi-bin/ whois?chalz.net
** User Error: Error.  Target url: http://www.chalz.net/cgi-bin/whois?chalz.n
et could not be retrieved.  Circular forwarding detected
** Near: print read http://www.chalz.com/cgi-bin/whois?chalz.net
>>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Anton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 12:22 PM
Subject: [REBOL] Re: Circular forwarding?


> To get more information for feedback you should
> try it again after doing:
>
> trace/net on
>
> Anton.
>
> > Hi, Charles,
> >
> > From: "Charles"
> > >    Yo all.  I get a funny thing here.  First, backstory:
> > >    I've registered both chalz.net and chalz.com, but both point to the
> > same
> > > site.  I use chalz.net primarily, and my host provider has set it up as
> > such.
> > > When I execute the whois script from the IE address bar, it
> > works OK.  But
> > when
> > > trying it from REBOL, it bonks out.
> > > >> print read http://www.chalz.com/cgi-bin/whois?chalz.net
> > > connecting to: www.chalz.com
> > > connecting to: www.chalz.net
> > > ** User Error: Error.  Target url:
> > http://www.chalz.net/cgi-bin/whois?chalz.net
> > > could not be retrieved.  Circular forwarding detected
> > > ** Near: print read http://www.chalz.com/cgi-bin/whois?chalz.net
> > >
> > >    What does "circular forwarding detected" mean?  And how come
> > I can get
> > a
> > > proper result using a web browser, but not REBOL?  Thanks all.
> >
> > I don't know precisely what "circular forwarding detected" means either.
> > REBOL can be thrown by certain redirects, but gets better with
> > each release.
> > Interestingly, the command works fine in REBOL/View 1.2.1, but
> > only balks on
> > REBOL/Core 2.5 on my Win 98SE.  My guess is that /Core 2.6 will fix the
> > problem.  To be sure, I would **quickly** place a bug report.
> > Meanwhile, a
> > peak at the source of the HTTP schemes of each version will likely reveal
> > the problem.  I would do it, but I'm out of time this morning.  Best of
> > luck.
> > --Scott Jones
>
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