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

From: David W. Morris <dwm@xpasc.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 10:48:13 -0700 (PDT)
To: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
Cc: http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970708104637.7916A-100000@shell1.aimnet.com>
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On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Larry Masinter wrote:

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

NO ... there should be/is a requirement that an HTTP server not send
a non-standard header when failure to correctly interpret the header
would result in a client behavior that the server/application doesn't 
want to have happen.

Dave Morris
Received on Tuesday, 8 July 1997 10:55:30 UTC

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