Re: Checklink question from Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) on 2011-09-19 (www-validator@w3.org from September 2011)

From: Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) <P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:43:27 +0100
To: R Kimber <richardkimber@btinternet.com>
CC: W3C Validator Community <www-validator@w3.org>
Message-ID: <4E77631F.8080301@Rhul.Ac.Uk>

R Kimber wrote:
> 
> Is there any way I can avoid checklink reporting these errors?
> 
> .................
> error Line: (N/A) http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd
>     Status: 500 read timeout
> 
>     This is a server side problem. Check the URI. 
> .................
> 
> I don't quite understand the reason why the link is being checked at all.

Because it is a link checker ?
Philip Taylor

Received on Monday, 19 September 2011 15:44:15 UTC