Posted by Jon Slaughter on 03/22/07 20:55

<jmacione@engr.uconn.edu> wrote in message
news:1174595767.100097.220310@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>
> for some websites, it seems you can login with the username and
> password in the URL through the post. Example, for yahoo.com, below,
> you can repace the username with your own and mypassword wtih your own
> and then you are automatically logged in.
>
> http://login.yahoo.com/config/login?login=username&passwd=mypassword&done=http://www.yahoo.com
>
> Im trying to do this now for other websites.
> gmail.com
> walgreens.com
>
> I could use some help if anyone knows how
> I cant get the post method to wrok for those sites.
>
> Ive also tried downloaded ethereal which I found by searching previous
> posts o n"post" and autologin but cant find how to get anyting
> substantial out of it which would help.
>

The string after the ? is used on the server side for scripting purposes.
Not all sites are designed the same way or use the same scripting methods so
it won't work in general.

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