Re: Proxy problems

Hi,

Yeah I have had the same problem as well and are still waiting for an answer.

Peter Webb

On Tue, 23 Jul 1996, stephen white wrote:

>
> I received the following message from one of my users:
>
>
> From: Jack Miller
> Subj: Proxies
>
> Hi,
>
> I noted that the proxies don't give you the latest copies of the web
> pages when using Netscape (and I assume the other navigators are the
> same). I had looked at the ABC Health Report transcript list and noted
> the date and subject one day. On the next day I installed the Adam
> proxies. When I checked the ABC transcript list web page, it gave me an
> earlier copy than I had seen the previous day. Netscape's RELOAD button
> gave me a copy of the latest page. I've had the same thing happen one
> week later when the transcript list changed again. The proxie gave me
> the old copy and didn't give me a clue to ask for a reload. It's
> happened with the Trading Post's latest change in it's web page also.
> First it loaded the old page, then when I asked for a reload, in came the
> new page.
>
> The way it currently works, there isn't a load time saving or reduced demand
> via Internet because I end up trying reload most times just to see if I have
> the latest copy of the web page.
>
> The proxie should work by connecting to the desired page via Internet,
> checking the page's date with the date on it's stored copy and if it has
> the latest copy stored, send that to the user, stopping the transfer from
> the Internet. If it doesn't have the latest copy of the page, it should
> download the latest copy, pass it on and store it.
>
> Am I doing something wrong?
>
> Jack Miller
>
Received on Thu Jul 25 1996 - 19:37:43 MDT