Both of those are appropriate ways to improve the missing template handler. But I believe the setting you are looking for is:
*Enable HTTP status codes * Enables ColdFusion to set HTTP error status codes when ColdFusion errors are returned to the browser. ColdFusion sets an error status code of 404 if the template is not found and an error status code of 500 for server errors. Un-check this to have ColdFusion error pages, keep checked to have HTTP error pages. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:289019 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4

