Refresh, non-standard headers, [was Re: Forcing to another page to load]

• From: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
• Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 10:10:15 PDT
• To: http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com
• Message-Id: <33C122F7.4E6F@parc.xerox.com>

"Refresh" is not a valid HTTP header, and there is currently
no formal proposal to make it one.

While HTTP does ask that recipients ignore headers they don't
understand, it results in poor interoperability.

Should [sic] there be a requirement that HTTP servers SHOULD NOT
send non-standard headers?

Larry

Received on Monday, 7 July 1997 23:00:47 UTC