On 03-Sep-02, Anton wrote:
> I went to
> http://altavista.com/somewehre/asdjf/eiruer/index.html
> not expecting anything, of course, just to see if
> IE's autosearch would kick in.
> I got a blank page with the source that follows:

> <!--
>  -- Unfortunately, Microsoft has added a clever new
>  -- "feature" to Internet Explorer.  If the text in
>  -- an error's message is "too small", specifically
>  -- less than 512 bytes, Internet Explorer returns
>  -- its own error message.  Yes, you can turn that
>  -- off, but *surprise* it's pretty tricky to find
>  -- buried as a switch called "smart error
>  -- messages"  That means, of course, that many of
>  -- Resin's error messages are censored by default.
>  -- And, of course, you'll be shocked to learn that
>  -- IIS always returns error messages that are long
>  -- enough to make Internet Explorer happy.  The
>  -- workaround is pretty simple: pad the error
>  -- message with a big comment to push it over the
>  -- five hundred and twelve byte minimum.  Of course,
>  -- that's exactly what you're reading right now.
>  -->

(:

Now, can anyone explain why MS would want to claim someone else's
error as their own?

-- 
Carl Read

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