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Resolved Unknown alpha-numeric strings precede Yahoo mail's u.r.l.

Discussion in 'Internet Explorer & Microsoft Edge' started by Syncopator, 2012/08/10.

  1. 2012/08/10
    Syncopator

    Syncopator Inactive Thread Starter

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    In the blue band along the very top of IE8, the u.r.l. of the displayed page, or something obviously related to it, is usually displayed.

    Sometimes, however, when I go to my Yahoo email page, the character string in that top-most band starts with #_pg=welome&&.rand= ..... plus a lot more characters.

    In the address box beneath, a u.r.l. followed by the same strange alpha-numerical sequence appears.

    What do those characters mean and are they in any way directly related to my log-in details?
     
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  2. 2012/08/14
    TonyT

    TonyT SuperGeek Staff

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    Such characters usually follow the url and are what's known as GET data. The data in the string of characters can come from form input fields (such as login), a database (if already logged in) or cookies (stored data from last login, referring site, etc).

    Example: a Yahoo login url:
    Code:
    https://login.yahoo.com/config/login_verify2?.intl=us&.src=ym
where the name of the server file is login_verify2 and the data following the question mark is passed to the next page
international = us and .src = yahoo mail. (abbreviated)
    After submitting my login credentials, I am prompted to "upgrade to the new yahoo mail interface" (which I decline) and other data is stored in a cookie and appended to the URL to be passed to the next page:
    Code:
    http://aa.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/trap?dm=bk&clmigstart=20110718&ncrumb=e90srw1Awu1&.rand=1064728309
    In short, anything following a ? is data that gets passed to the next page, the individual datums are separated by & and data that follows = are values.

    dm=bk &
    clmigstart=20110718 &
    ncrumb=e90srw1Awu1 &
    .rand=1064728309
     
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  4. 2012/08/14
    Syncopator

    Syncopator Inactive Thread Starter

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    Thank you Tony.

    That explains it nicely.

    Best regards.
     
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