steven,
here's a method i personally have not tried, but it looks interesting. in fact, it just landed in my mailbox from a netscape navigator tip service.
"You know, there comes a time in many of our lives when nobody asks us
for ID anymore. It can be a bittersweet experience, frankly. But if
you visit a password-protected Web site on a regular basis, you may
have thought that day would never come on the Web.
Well, you were wrong, and that's good news if you're tired of typing
in an ID and password all the time. This trick allows you to bypass
that ID or password dialog box. Just type
http://userid:password@www.sitename.com
in the Location box (using your own ID, password, and site name, of
course). Even better, create a bookmark containing this modified URL
as your destination. If you prefer not to have your password in your
bookmarks, where snooping gremlins might find it, you can modify the
URL with just your user ID so you'll be prompted for a password only.
To achieve that result, type this URL:
http://userid@www.sitename.com
(Having trouble with the bookmark? Let's review: To create a new
bookmark from scratch, open Bookmarks [Ctrl-B] and choose Item, Insert
Bookmark. Fill in the name and URL, then click OK. To modify an
existing bookmark, right-click the bookmark and choose Properties.
After you tinker with the URL, click OK.)"
any feedback on how well it does or does not work will be appreciated.
:)
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