Hi, isn't the browser supposed to not display an error if the
image is embedded in the html?  I can understand popping up an
error if it was typed in the urlbar...

On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 14:18:57 -0600, Michael Kaply wrote:

:I created a localhost entry that pointed www.yahoo.com to 127.0.0.1.
:
:I started NS 2.02 and I typed www.yahoo.com in the URL bar and after 30 
seconds, I
:got an error message.
:
:I have no idea why you were seeing a behavior on 2.02 where this localhost 
change
:worked.
:
:The proper behavior when trying to connect to a machine that has no webserver
:running is to display an error.
:
:Mike
:
:Felix Miata wrote:
:
:> Michael Kaply wrote:
:>
:> > Felix Miata wrote:
:>
:> > > "The connection was refused when attempting to connect to 
ads.web.aol.com."
:>
:> > > These popups (on visiting eBay) I have no need to see over and over and
:> > > over and over and over and over, much less ever at all. I have to click
:> > > OK three times on each page. Make them go away.
:>
:> > > I can't think of appropriate keyword(s) to search for an existing bug. 
I
:> > > suppose component would be network, but what keyword(s)? How to 
describe
:> > > a new bug if necessary?
:>
:> > > \mptn\etc\hosts (a 9920 line file on my system - see
:> > > <http://www.smartin-designs.com/>) contains in part:
:> > > 127.0.0.1 ads.web.aol.com
:>
:> > This is actually what should happen if you do not have a web server
:> > running on a your local machine.
:>
:> I can't believe this. It works fine for 2.02. I don't see anything at
:> the indicated above URL to indicate web server on local machine is
:> required for the hosts file to deny access to unwanted content.
:>
:> What is meant by having a web server on my local machine?
:>
:> > Previously we had a bug that connecting to localhost with no webserver
:> > running would produce no error at all.
:>
:> For embedded offsite content no error at all is probably the best
:> behavior.
:>
:> > A cross platform fix went in that also fixed this problem.
:>
:> > As far as I know, in order to use this trick properly, you need to have
:> > a webserver running that connects and returns nothing.
:>
:> How is this done, and why is it necessary if 2.02 works fine?
:>
:> > See:
:>
:> > http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100776
:> > and
:> > http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106188
:>
:> Way over my head. Maybe
:> http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28586 is on track to handle
:> this?
:>
:> I'm a user, not a programmer. All I know is I don't need or want popups
:> when adservers are unreachable, regardless of the reason why they are
:> unreachable.
:> --
:> "Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless
:> the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.
:>                                                 Psalm 127:1 NIV
:>
:>  Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409
:>
:> Felix Miata  ***  http://mrmazda.members.atlantic.net/
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