Posted by Joel Shepherd on 07/09/07 15:17

keshavm@gmail.com wrote:

> On Jul 6, 7:59 pm, Harlan Messinger wrote:
> > kesh...@gmail.com wrote:

> > > I have a link in my webpage.... clicking on it should automatically
> > > log me into yahoo. How do I go about it?
> >
> > You can, however, try adding a form to the page where you had intended
> > to put a link, configuring the form to send the same information as
> > Yahoo's own login form, and prefilling the name and password fields in
> > your HTML.
>
> Yes you are right. I have a form in which I'll proivde my yahoo
> username & password. On submit it should re-direct to yahoo (should not come up with yahoo
> login page asking me for username & password)

Mmmmm. Is it just me, or does anyone else smell phish?

What purpose does the redirect serve? Why would one willingly enter
account-compromising information for one site into a form from another
site?

--
Joel.

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