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Webmail Redirection Redux

This started here:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/29060944/webmail-redirection.html

I am seeing things that I don't understand:
Using this URL
https://webmail.centurylink.net/mail#1 or ... /mail#2

The following observations are ALL ON THE SAME COMPUTER (as a test platform).

Internet Explorer gets the up-to-date mail page.  Either #1 or #2.
Oh, except that I had it remember the password.
So, I deleted the passwords.
Now I get
http://mail.centurylink.net/zimbra/mail#1 and the mail on the page stops at Sept 30.

Google Chrome gets the right mail page at:
https://webmail.centurylink.net/mail#1
with the up-to-date mail.

Firefox gets the wrong page at:
http://mail.centurylink.net/zimbra/mail#1 and the mail page stops at Sept 30.

If I use an appropriate IP address, I can see both pages in the same browser .. or at least I was able to do that once.

I've checked DNS results and just cannot find what's causing this.

On the problem computer, the same (bad) page shows up on all the browsers.

I need some guidance so I can fix the problem computer.  Please?
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OK.  I've learned a little more:
First, let me say that I've scanned the heck out of this computer, checked the hosts file, etc.etc.  Nothing comes up.

It's behaving like this with ALL browsers: IE, Google Chrome and Firefox it appears:
IF one goes to:
centurylink.net one gets http://centurylink.net  (I've not found a secure site for this)
On that site is a link for "Email" that points to:
http://centurylink.net/zmail/index.php?autologin=true&ts=1509565849
Using that link, opens what appears to be:
https://webmail.centurylink.net/mail#1
AND, the mail presented on this page is up-to-date.
(All login remembering is turned off).

But now the fun begins:
Bookmark that page.
Close the browser and reopen it.
Use the bookmark.  It appears to be pointing to: https://webmail.centurylink.net/mail#1
The blank login page appears at:
https://auth.centurylink.net/saml/module.php/authSynacor/login.php?AuthState=_9f5ba12b3850741f14c4cda93e797166e2b1659646%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fauth.centurylink.net%2Fsaml%2Fsaml2%2Fidp%2FSSOService.php%3Fspentityid%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fmail.centurylink.net%252F%26cookieTime%3D1509566555
And the login opens this page:
http://mail.centurylink.net/zimbra/mail#1
Which displays the inbox only up to Sept 30th.

So, while the web link works, it seems that the shortcuts are somehow being hijacked.
Well, EXCEPT that the same thing appears to be happening on my test computer after starting up Google Chrome and using the shortcut.  Well, UNLESS Thereafter one opens the web site again, clicks on the Email link and logs in.  Then, the mail page opens as it should AND the shortcut behaves as it should!!
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Strange occurrence.  Maybe the "rule" should be to always bookmark/shortcut your LOGIN page and not the end target page?