[imp] Odd Firefox over a modem IMP problem

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von tdrewry at bu.edu:

> the Setup:
>
> Server (solaris)
> - Horde/IMP/Turba/Ingo CVS versions 3,4,2 and 1 accordingly.
>
> - Horde is configured with http authentication.
>
> - Imp is setup to use hordeauth and we only have single server configured.
>
> Over ethernet this works like a champ.
>
> the Problem:
>
> So, we have people dialing up and accessing Horde/IMP.  If this 
> client is using
> IE, Netscape 7.x or even AOL's 'Web browers', there is no problem.  However,
> when
> a client access Horde/IMP via firefox or mozilla IMP fails to 
> successfully grab
> the credentials.  The client is presented with the IMP login page (very much
> not what is desired since it's not really configured to go anywhere) and a
> successful click of the browsers refresh key corrects the error and displays
> the mail box correctly.
>
> the Question:
>
> Is this a resolvable issue from withing IMP? Or should I be pointing 
> my concerns
> over to Mozilla and Firefox's people?

First of all, check with a newer Firefox version if this is not the most
recent one. If it still happens, compare the HTTP headers that the browsers
send when accessing IMP *after* doing the HTTP authentication.

Jan.

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