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OlaffTheGreat

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Registered: 2013-06-03

Posts: 107

Can't post thread with Firefox

Hi,

I have an issue with Mozilla/Firefox (currently 38.0.1, although it occurs from some time already).
The forum returns me an error message:

Bad HTTP_REFERER. You were referred to this page from an unauthorized source. If the problem persists please make sure that 'Base URL' is correctly set in Admin/Options and that you are visiting the forum by navigating to that URL. More information regarding the referrer check can be found in the FluxBB documentation.

And I am not sure what to do about it.

Posting under Opera works fine.

Thank you

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jasonwryan

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Registered: 2009-05-09

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Re: Can't post thread with Firefox

Move/delete your profile and see if that works. Disable all plugins. Try it from a new user. Etc...

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oliver

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Registered: 2007-12-12

Posts: 448

Re: Can't post thread with Firefox

This thread might have the answer:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=181327

"Check if network.http.sendRefererHeader is set to 2 in about:config"

Runaway1956

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Registered: 2009-03-13

Posts: 9

Re: Can't post thread with Firefox

This thread might have the answer:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=181327

"Check if network.http.sendRefererHeader is set to 2 in about:config"

I just changed it to 2 - let's see if it works.

Preview works - let me hit "submit" now . . .    YAY - that solve my problem!  Thanks, Oliver.

Last edited by Runaway1956 (2015-09-04 16:19:36)

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