In article <6ah0m2-cu5.ln1@news.roaima.co.uk>, chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk
says...
> Robert Feinman <robertdfeinman@netscape.net> wrote:
> > I've created a .htaccess file as shown below. Some times this
> > seems to work, and sometimes it doesn't. I'm baffled by
> > the inconsistent results.
>
> > Any ideas what's going on?
>
> > RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?xanga\.com/ [NC,OR]
> > RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?myspace\.com/ [NC]
>
> There's no requirement for a browser to tell you the referrer, and even
> if it does it might be spoofed. Basically, you shouldn't rely on it.
>
> Chris
>
That's not the problem. The problem is that for requests where the
referrer matches the conditions above the rewrite is not taking place.
I'm not trying to block everything, just the ones I listed.

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