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[aah-jim]

Hi,
How can I do a GET request to an url which needs authentication?
i.e. in MS IE you do http://user:password@domain.com
but it wont let me do it like that with a standard socket,
is there another way to do it?
thanks

[kunal]

Hey,
Why not just construct your url, and then meta refresh the page?

Kunal

[aah-jim]

the password needs to be hidden, but ive managed to do it now thnx