what does this mean: "Are you sure you want to send a form again?"

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what does this mean: "Are you sure you want to send a form again?"

I have a MacBook 10.4.11 (tiger) with Safari 3.1.1, everytime i use Safari, i always get this message when I click to back button to back a page:

"Are you sure you want to send a form again?

To open this page again, Safari must resend the form you completed to open the page the first time. This may cause the website to repeat actions it took the first time you sent the form."

What does that mean, and how can I fix it to make it stop popping up, because it's getting really annoying having to see that message frequently when I use the back button. This has been going on ever since I bought the computer (around december 2006), and I've been curious about what this means and wanting to fix it! please help..

Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on May 8, 2008 1:41 PM

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Answer 1

ozala888

Level 1

4 points

May 9, 2008 5:35 AM in response to greenapplenano

I don't know if this helps, but it only happens to me when I am purchasing something or filling out a form, have continued to the next screen and then wanted to go back to fix something. The information that was sent on the previous screen will be sent again.
It could purchase something twice or enroll you for something twice. If you're getting it EVERY time you hit the back button, even when the previous page had no information to upload, then you have a different issue. Hope this helps.

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Answer 2

mcp111

Level 1

10 points

May 9, 2008 7:05 AM in response to ozala888

When you use the back button and go to any site where you have entered any data like login or password, etc, Safari will ask you if you want to send those credentials again. I think it's ok to say yes unless it was a site where you made a purchase - it might then cause duplicate purchases.

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Answer 3

Jul 20, 2008 8:03 PM in response to greenapplenano

If anyone has a way of stopping Safari from doing this I'd appreciate the "how to".
I am on a website that has phpbb installed and when I do a search for new posts it shows them to me.
When I click on a post that I wish to read it shows me that post but if I hit back the server is set up to not allow multiple searches within a short time and the page returns "you cannot submit another search in such a short time".

Hitting back again takes me back 2 pages instead of back one.

Anyone?

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Answer 4

Rachel R

Level 6

18,705 points

Jul 21, 2008 6:55 AM in response to Zoomantics

Zoomantics wrote:
If anyone has a way of stopping Safari from doing this I'd appreciate the "how to".
I am on a website that has phpbb installed and when I do a search for new posts it shows them to me.
When I click on a post that I wish to read it shows me that post but if I hit back the server is set up to not allow multiple searches within a short time and the page returns "you cannot submit another search in such a short time".

If I understand what you're describing, that's a function of the phpbb forum, not something Safari is doing or can change.

A suggestion: Instead of just clicking on the posts you want to read, I would Command-click to open them in new tabs. Your page of search results will remain open in the first tab, so when you're finished reading the posts, you can close their tabs and return to your list of search results.

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Answer 5

Klaus1

Level 9

52,879 points

Jul 21, 2008 7:03 AM in response to greenapplenano

This has to do with entering, or leaving, a secure page, where re-entering needs the certificate/password re-applied.

So, if you partially complete a form on a secure page, and go back a page, you are back to a non-secure page. Then returning to the form means you have to permit the security aspects of that page to re-enter.

When Safari asks about 'send a form again' it is referring to the security certificate password to re-enter the secure page.

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