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Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 15:16:03 -0500
From: Rodent of Unusual Size <Ken.Coar@Golux.Com>
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Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
> 
> "William A. Rowe, Jr." wrote:
> >
> > Since the default handler doesn't glom onto trailing path_info,
> > it doesn't get handled.  All 1.3 pages I tested _without_ SSI's
> > enabled returned 404.
> 
> Irrelevant.  It is perfectly possible and acceptable to submit
> path-info to a resource that cannot handle it (e.g., a text/plain
> file).  If we return 404 for that, we are broken -- period.

Nrrgh, I take that back, at least temporarily.  Objections
currently in abeyance while I check some stuff.. :-/
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