Changing error messages

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> 
> 404 not found, she asked herself.  Server not responding.  At what level
> are these messages "wired in?"  As in, if I wanted these messages replaced
> with other messages--maybe something novices could understand--what would I
> need to do?  Edit status messages built into the server software?  Based on
> my vague memories of running Webstar, I'm guessing that these messages
> occur at the server level, but is this so, and if so, are they coming from
> "my" server?  If I can't access <http://www.foo.com/>, from whence comes
> that message?  A local file?  Other considerations?

Now it's time again for a little bit of praise for the SPINNER Web
Server Software ....

The errormessages are usually "hardwired" into the server software,
especially in the case of the  most widely spread CERN and NCSA servers.
So you would have to recompile the whole thang....

But fortunately, there are servers with configurable error messages
and one of these, a very good one, is the spinner web server.
Look at http://spinner.infovav.se (it's free, btw.)

Uli

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