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sun4 8.2.19: web.mit.edu proxy is borken

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jered J Floyd)
Mon May 10 18:53:07 1999

Message-Id: <199905102252.SAA05737@x15-cruise-basselope>
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 18:52:58 EDT
From: Jered J Floyd <jered@MIT.EDU>

System name:		x15-cruise-basselope.mit.edu
Type and version:	Ultra-5_10 8.2.19 (with mkserv)
Display type:		afb

What were you trying to do?
	Use the proxy server at web.mit.edu:80

What's wrong:
	Attempting to use any GET form fails miserably. Attempting
	to load 
http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=q&kl=XX&q=%22this+is+a+test%22

	Returns:
Search Error

htsearch: couldn't open file http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=q&kl=XX&q=%22this+is+a+test%22?c? t' Lr' Hp' D! 

What should have happened:
	The correct URL should have been accessed and returned.

Please describe any relevant documentation references:
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