sebastian wrote:
>>> That is the real Erwin Moller.
>
> Ok, thanks for the clarification. The email address just looked
> suspicious. =)
>
>>> Correct me if I'm wrong, but if user left his site, and then returned
> refer would point to the other site. So detecting refer value could
> possibly help the problem.
>
> Great, I'll try that out then.
>

Only works if 1) he comes back to your site, and 2) his browser and
firewall are correctly reporting the HTTP_REFERER. It will fail for
those who do not forward HTTP_REFERER.

>>> Refer it's send by the user, so can't be trusted. You can use it
> to improve the functionality of the site, but don't use it to any
> critical checks (like access controll ect.).
>
> It's just to display a welcome message, so no problem there.
>
>>> It's also possible, that refer will be empty, when user types in the url
> or opens new window in 'new tab' (not sure about that though).
>
> Right. Well, thanks for all of the suggestions.
>
> Regards,
> - Sebastian
>
>
>

I'd just display the welcome message on your home page. People are used
to it by now.

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