Re: Is referer spelled wrong?

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I think I remember Philip ;-) H-B taking credit for this.  It's
in the spec so forget about changing it.  In the headers it's "Referer".
There is no requirement to propogate the spelling beyond the headers.


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> Netscape spells it "Referer".
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> Webster's insists it's Referrer not Referer....
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> The World-Wide Web Common Code Library version 2.16pre2
> produces "Referer"
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> also spelled wrong
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> NASA spells it "Referrer", and so does Netcape's JavaScript in their
> "URL" library.
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> http://cgi.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/Gold/handbook/javascript/ref_h-l.html
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> "IE: referrer - reflects the URL of the calling document "
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