Tip O'Tex Computer Club
August 2004 Newsletter
Those Annoying 404 Messages
Q:
What do all those error codes (like 404) mean?
A:
It happens to all of us. We're surfing along, and up comes an error. What do all those error codes mean? Here's a
quick rundown of the most common:
400 - Bad Request - You probably typed in a URL wrong, the server has no clue what you're looking for, or you aren't allowed to have access. Usually, it's a matter of the URL being typing in wrong. Maybe you mixed upper and lowercase letters or something.
401- Unauthorized Request - you tried to get to something on the web server you're not allowed to play with. In other words, you ain't on the party list.
403 - Forbidden - You can't access the page. You may not have access (it may require a password), or it may be blocked from your domain.
404- Not Found - The page you were trying to look at was not found on the server. This is probably the most common error you'll come across. What has probably happened is that the web page you were going to has been removed or re-named.
500 - Internal error - Usually caused by a CGI error. You fill out a form, but the script used to process it is not working properly.
E-Mail Etiquette
This has been done before, but this version (from Steve's Tips) has a few twists.
1. MANY READERS DON'T LIKE ALL CAPS. IT'S HARD TO READ AND SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE SHOUTING!
2. use punctuation its hard to read stuff that doesnt have any commas capital letters periods or apostrophes
3. Usee yur spall chacker. Its annyang to try to reede constent spalling misstakes. (If you don't know to turn this feature on, contact me - Bobbie)
4. When forwarding an e-mail to someone, copy and paste what you want to send into a new e-mail then send it off. This is especially true if you had to dig through tons of "layers" to actually get to the message of the e-mail.
5. Be courteous enough to use BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) when forwarding an email to everyone in your address book. You don't want the addresses of your friends to get sent around the net. (If you don't know how to use BCC, contact me - Bobbie)
6. Avoid embedding sounds or using "stationary" in your messages. I know it's cute and we're guilty of showing you how to do it, but they take longer to download and can be annoying to your recipient. Additionally, when your recipient responds to your e-mail, they may have to re-format their text (especially color) in order for it to be readable.
7. Remember that attachments over 50k are annoyingly long to download, possibly causing your recipient's connection to "time-out", or the email could even be blocked.
8. Try to keep those files manageable! Re-read your e-mail message before you send it out. I don't know how many times I thought I had everything just right then found something that was way out of place when I re-read the document.
9. When replying to a message, don't quote back the entire message if you are just responding to one or two points. Just include what you are responding to. (This feature may be turned on automatically, and if so, contact me to find out how to turn it off - Bobbie)
10. Finally, don't use short hand. Stuff like "r u going to stp by ltr" can be hard to read. Don't B lzy, typ the whole wrd.
