This is all about Error 404 messages and problems getting to the archives....

"Matt Candelaria" <matt_candelaria@symantec.com> wrote:
"""
Hmm, seems I am not the only one. Check this out. (re: error 404)

Matt

http://legacyfg.jconserv.net/viewtopic.php?t=174
"""
and shortly before that,

Dale Rogers <dale.r@cox.net> wrote:

"""
For what it's worth, this link will also get you the archive page. (I just
verified it.)

http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/lml/
"""

Ok, you got me as well. I really didn't understand why some things would
work, and others wouldn't so I went to the source (thank you, Rob!). Here's the straight
skinny...

http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/lml/

as shown in your post will work. It doesn't include a :81, so it goes to the
Apache HTML server automatically (it assumes that ":xx" is ":80", = Apache.
From there you are transferred to

http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/

which is a direct link to the Communigate Pro (CGP) email server (that's what
the :81 is). This is a shorter trip to the archives as it bypasses Apache and
so should load faster. It is also the same thing as

http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html

because it has a "/" at the end of the line after LML. That tells the
server to look for a "default.html" file, which in this case is "List.html."

This also explains why some of you may have gotten an error 404...if you sent

http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml

or

http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/lml

(notice the lack of the "/" at the end of the line after lml? ) The
missing slash kind of leaves off the end of the sentence for the server.
(There is no "lml" file to run in "lists/". There is an lml
directory, but without the slash it doesn't know that's where you want to go.)
It's like walking into a store and saying "Please sell me a gallon". Without
the slash the server doesn't know where you want to go anymore than the guy at
the store would know whether you wanted a gallon of milk, paint, gasoline,
bourbon, or jello. He would look at you very weird and if he had one he'd
hand you a little card that said "Error 404". <g>

I know, this is way more than you wanted to know, but it should clear up why
you get errors sometimes and actually get where you want to go at other times.
When all else fails, please use

http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html

It's the shortest course to the CGP email system, it doesn't have to go
through Apache so even if the website is down it is still possible to see the
emails in the archives, and it is totally unambiguous regarding where you want
to go.

My brain hurts now. I'm going to sleep.

<marv>