Posted by Richard Daly on 04/06/07 20:45

"Grant Robertson" <bogus@bogus.invalid> wrote in message
news:MPG.208065f1670ffafd989723@news.newsguy.com...
> In article <Bcydne34br4OEovbnZ2dnUVZ8qSnnZ2d@giganews.com>,
> richarddaly@yahoo.co.uk says...
> > I have deleted all the history and cookie files in both IE and Firefox,
but
> > a changed page on my website refuses to update itself. I've redownloaded
> > that same page, to be sure I hadn't uploaded the wrong one.
> >
> > (Opera is my main browser, and I can only selectively delete history
files
> > and cookies with it, otherwise a metric tonne of stuff would be lost.)
> >
> > I've tried rebooting my computer after cookie deletion, and control+F5
(and
> > F5 on its own).
> >
> > I've even uploaded *all* of the website files, overwriting the old ones.
> >
> > All to no avail.
> >
> > My OS is W2K.
> >
> > What on earth could be causing this?
>
> Ah ha! I bet there is a proxy server somewhere between you and the web
> server that is still caching the old version of the page. I bet it goes
> away if you just wait a few days but reappears if you view it and change
> it within a certain time period.
>
> Check with your sys-admin or ISP to see if they run a proxy server.
>
> This could also be caused by any kind of "internet accelerator" programs
> you may have on your PC or similar services from your ISP. These are just
> dumbed down names for a proxy server.

Fascinating. (Bloody marvellous, in fact!) Tell me, could it possibly be
caused by an external hit counter service? Would that function as a proxy
server?

Richard

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