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tallison at tacocat

Dec 21, 2005, 4:36 AM

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very new but trying to learn.

I've been "fiddling" with some of the more advanced features of HTTP, or at
least trying.

I have the apache horse book from O'Reilly.
I am pretty certain I need to find something more basic than this.

I guess what I need is something that can give me a better understanding of just
what HTTP is all about. In the past I've worked with RFC's on SMTP, IMAP, MIME
and other mail related documents and am assuming that there is one for HTTP as
well. Yes, I'm writing this before I even look.

The reason is this. If HTTP RFC's are anything like MIME and MIME-email RFC's
I'll probably kill myself with my mouse cord. Even if it is more friendly and
straightforward can someone suggest some other URL's or books that would cover
the essentials of HTTP so I have a general understanding of requests,
redirections and what I can and cannot do with HTTP from a protocol level?

I'm hoping to gain some insight on the inner workings so that I can be more
intelligent about dynamic content using languages like Perl and other buzzwords
like XML and SOAP (at least to understand what they are and why I should care
and perhaps be able to do the basic "hello world").

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tallison at tacocat

Jan 15, 2006, 2:42 PM

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Re: very new but trying to learn. [In reply to]

Tom Allison wrote:
> I've been "fiddling" with some of the more advanced features of HTTP, or
> at least trying.

Glad to know what kind of mailing list this is...
I'll save my questions for someone else, thank you.

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Owen.Boyle at swx

Jan 17, 2006, 1:33 AM

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RE: very new but trying to learn. [In reply to]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Allison [mailto:tallison [at] tacocat]
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> Glad to know what kind of mailing list this is...
> I'll save my questions for someone else, thank you.

I didn't notice your original mail but I was intrigued by the miffed tone in this one. So I looked back to see... You posted a vague request for "URL's or books that would cover the essentials of HTTP" - well here's a good one: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2068.html

You also said you had the Horse Book - did you try working through it? Or reading it? Frankly, that book is about the best you are going to get for a step-by-step guide about how the web works. If it baffles you, then I think you might have chosen the wrong vocation.

If you do get it working but have further *specfic* questions about configuration, I think you'll find this list is an excellent resource.

Rgds,
Owen Boyle
Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored.

PS - you might like to glance at this page too: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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