# Internet Explorer issues with Nginx where Firefox works fine

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**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [June 17, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/internet-explorer-issues-with-nginx-where-firefox-works-fine/190274 "2010-06-17T16:22:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![dandadude](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@dandadude](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dandadude)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/internet-explorer-issues-with-nginx-where-firefox-works-fine/190274/1 "2010-06-17T16:22:37Z")

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Hi!

I have just started to use Nginx recently, but have stumbled into a big  
problem.  
I am using Nginx as a frontend for Apache, without caching.

Many sites have somekind of problem with Internex Explorer, because when  
something should happen, it only happens upon a refresh (F5), whereas  
Firefox deals with it and works fine.  
If I direct the request to apache directly, IE works fine.  
All I can say about these “somethings” are that one site has a webshop  
and the problem happens when adding to cart (the cart remains empty  
until refresh). The other site does some simple mysql\_num\_rows function  
and simple mysql/php stuff, no javascript or iframe or anything. I don’t  
really know these stuff, I only admin the servers…

Here is my nginx.conf:  
[http://pastebin.com/GBHiPEwP](http://pastebin.com/GBHiPEwP)

Here is the included proxy.conf in /etc/nginx/conf.d:  
[http://pastebin.com/PNg7yV7c](http://pastebin.com/PNg7yV7c)

And here is the sites config in /etc/nginx/sites…:  
[http://pastebin.com/QxB8PrFT](http://pastebin.com/QxB8PrFT)

Please give me some hints on what I should tweak/set, because I really  
would like to use Nginx for just about every site I have, but this is a  
real pain so far ☹

Thanks in advance!

Regards,  
Daniel

Posted at Nginx Forum:

> **[Internet Explorer issues with Nginx where Firefox works fine](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,97845,97845#msg-97845)**
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> Hi! I have just started to use Nginx recently, but have stumbled into a big problem. I am using Nginx as a frontend for Apache, without caching. Many sites have somekind of problem with Internex Explorer, because when something should happen, it only...

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**Author:** ![dandadude](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@dandadude](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dandadude)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/internet-explorer-issues-with-nginx-where-firefox-works-fine/190274/2 "2010-06-17T16:27:00Z")

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Hi!

I have created some debug logs, and I assure you that there is no junk  
in the log, nobody else was looking at the site:

1. Here is the debug to the point where I need the refresh (with IE):  
[http://pastebin.com/j1yzhHAu](http://pastebin.com/j1yzhHAu)

2. Here is the debug to the point when I have pushed refresh (with IE):  
[http://pastebin.com/CZ38bHCa](http://pastebin.com/CZ38bHCa)

3. Here is the debug of Firefox without refresh, doing what IE should do  
with refresh (only Firefox is in the log):  
[http://pastebin.com/hkXPHUEN](http://pastebin.com/hkXPHUEN)

THx for every help you can give me, this is a real big problem!

Regards,  
Daniel

Posted at Nginx Forum:

> **[Re: Internet Explorer issues with Nginx where Firefox works fine](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,97845,97879#msg-97879)**
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> Hi! I have just started to use Nginx recently, but have stumbled into a big problem. I am using Nginx as a frontend for Apache, without caching. Many sites have somekind of problem with Internex Explorer, because when something should happen, it only...