I frequently clear my browser's cache and cookies, so I never depend upon such things to "remember me" for logins to password-protected sites.

Often, for most sites, I can figure out a URL to bookmark that enters my password for me as part of the bookmark. Essentially, it sends the same information to the site that the HTML form does when I log in. For example, my bookmark to the Empeg BBS looks something like:

http://empeg.comms.net/cgi-bin/start_page.pl?Username=tfabris&Password=mypassword&option=Login

This works like a charm and logs me into the BBS without the need for typing anything, and without needing to depend on a valid cookie to remember who I am.

My only problem with doing this on the Empeg BBS is that it doesn't take me to the Forum Index automatically. It takes me to the "Welcome, Tfabris" screen, and I still have to click once more to get to the Forums.

Can anyone else figure out if there's a way to construct a URL that both logs me in and takes me to the forum index?

Tony Fabris
Empeg #144