Re: Character set specification

> (chop)

406 is returned by the server, meaning that it hasn't got a document
that can satisfy the request.

In this instance, I would infer that the the search engine bot
has sent an Accept: header which lists "text/html" but not
"text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1".  The server, either through
brokenness or misconfiguration, is requiring an exact match
and refusing to respond without one.

If a later version of ultraseek fixes it, I guess that means they've
given up trying to fight against broken servers, and either added a
wildcard or dropped content negotiation altogether.

-- 
Nick Kew

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Received on Sunday, 29 June 2003 04:37:06 UTC