[KLUG Members] Squid "no_cache"

[Bruce Smith]

> > > How do I *not* cache certain sites, for example the whole family uses Web
> > > based Email: http://www.fastmail.fm or http://www.mail.lycos.com
> > 
> > Why?  It would seem like those are the sites you DO want to cache, so
> > everyone can share the same cache and improve your internet speed.
> 
> I don't think links like this should be cached...
> 
> http://www.fastmail.fm/mail2/~ad20xs4dabcv18f0ttgbcd65jj244432211155789/?MLS=MR-@0,3857,;SMB-MF-SF=4_1;SMR-Part=;SMR-MsgId=3857;SMR-FM=1;SMB-CF=119494;MSignal=MR-DelMsg@0,3856
> 
> This is an *actual* Email to me.

IF squid caches likes like that), it wouldn't waste much disk space, and
it wouldn't hurt anything since the session ID is in the URL, and won't
be duplicated among other users.

By not caching the entire site, you're losing out on caching the
graphics files that go on the web pages.  Those could save a lot of
internet bandwidth by sharing the graphics on your home network.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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