other/5173: ErrorDocument redirect not working with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0

[Bob DeMattia <rj...@alum.wpi.edu>]

>Number:         5173
>Category:       other
>Synopsis:       ErrorDocument redirect not working with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Oct 19 17:40:01 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     rjd@alum.wpi.edu
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.2
>Environment:
Solaris, any
>Description:
When using ErrorDocument, MSIE 5.0 generates a client "404 Not Found"
error page instead of redirecting to the location specified.
The same action with Netscape seems to work OK.

[OK, so it's a client problem... but...]

MSIE 5.0 seems to be working OK with Microsoft Servers using that have
a similar mechanism in place.
>How-To-Repeat:
Pick a site running Apache: you can try mine at http://www.demattia.net/badpage.html

>Fix:
Hoping that's what you can tell me.
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