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nowadays i see many pages on the www using redir.dll (e.g. microsoft) &nbsp;examples are<br />
[1] in a form drop down list to jump to another URL<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; form action=&quot;/scripts/redir.dll<wbr /> ...........<br />
[2] &lt;a href=&quot;<a href="http://www.32bit.com/cgi/redirecta.pl?url=www.microsoft.com" rel="ugc">http://www.32bit.com/cgi/redirecta.pl?url=www.microsoft.com</a>...... &nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;<br />
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what are the advantages of these &quot;re-directors&quot; instead of a plain HREF ?
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nowadays i see many pages on the www using redir.dll (e.g. microsoft)  examples are
[1] in a form drop down list to jump to another URL
    form action="/scripts/redir.dll ...........
[2] <a href="http://www.32bit.com/cgi/redirecta.pl?url=www.microsoft.com......  </a>

what are the advantages of these "re-directors" instead of a plain HREF ?

why use redir.dll ?

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