"Yechezkal Gutfreund" <sgutfreund@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:beccr2$p4s$1@bob.news.rcn.net:

: can also be used to indicate a separator between a username and
password in a URL. In the link above, www.paypal.com is the username,
ac=AwW... is the password, the @ separates the username/password
combination from the url orange.srv2.com/~14...

"dkg_ctc" <dontknowguilt@hotmail.com> wrote:

Correct so far, but note that the OP is under the delusional belief
that some form of "redirect" is involved -- it is not. The use of
"www.paypal.com" is purely a dupe.

Also note that _probably_ the "account" myaccount@ourselves.com is
credited with a referral...


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Nick FitzGerald