Re: OK server returning 500 Server Error - why?

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On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 03:36:12PM -0400, Otis Gospodnetic wrote:
> % HEAD http://www.zdnet.com/yil/
> 500 Server Error
>
> why?
> load it with a browser and it works fine.
Seems the server simply doesn't like "HEAD" requests. Your browser
uses the "GET" method, and if your try 

 % GET http://www.zdnet.com/yil/

everything works fine, too. Who knows why they (mis)configured their server
to disable "HEAD"...

marc
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Marc Langheinrich
marclang@cs.washington.edu

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