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Gives me an error message 400 Bad Request. Says "browser sent a request that this server could not understand. Size of a request header field exceeds server lim

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dtunis74
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I only get this message when I click on a link from a WebMd email. Funny thing is it used to work until i got a new upgrade from Firefox.

I only get this message when I click on a link from a WebMd email. Funny thing is it used to work until i got a new upgrade from Firefox.

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cor-el
cor-el
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This can be caused by corrupted cookies.

Clear the cache and the cookies from sites that cause problems.

"Clear the Cache":

  • Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Offline Storage (Cache): "Clear Now"

"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:

  • Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
dtunis74
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Actually it did say something about a cookie on the next line so the first thing i did was delete all the cookies. Not via this route but through Internet options on Windows.

cor-el
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Firefox manages its own cookies, so clearing the IE cookies won't have any effect.