hi Jay , when i have confirmed payment, the page at https://www.e-gold.com/sci_asp/pmtcommit.asp which has the followig html :- <html> <head> <meta HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache"> <title>e-metal Payment Order - Confirmation</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <img src="../gif/logo.gif" width="105" height="45" hspace="50" align="absmiddle"> <font color="#000000" size="5" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>e-metal Payment Order - Confirmation</b><br> </font> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <P>Account#: <B>xxxxx</B><BR>Account Name: <B>xxxx</B><P><B>The following transaction has been posted:<BR><BR>You Paid: xxxxx, Account# xxxxx<BR><BR>US$ 0.01' worth of Gold (0.000037 oz or 0.001142 grams)<BR><BR>Memo: xxxxxx<BR><BR><BR><P><H2>Transaction Posted! e-gold Payment batch #: xxxxxxx</H2> <br><div align='center'><table cellspacing='5' border='0'><tr> <td align=center><br><font face=arial size=3><b>Click the Continue button to proceed:</b></font><br><table border=1 hspace=0 vspace=0 bgcolor=#C0C0C0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2><tr><td><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www......com/checkfromegold.cgi"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#000000>Continue</a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div> <p><hr><div align=right><font size=1>©2000,2001 e-gold Ltd.</font></div> </font> </body> </html> but when i click on continue to go to http://www......com/checkfromegold.cgi, my cgi file cannot detect that the http referer using $ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'} because it is coming from https. so, how can i check to see that the post is from e-gold ? the $ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'} is empty / blank. --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-tech as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]