Re: Single-hit visitor generates 304 Status Code

by John.ksi(at)webplus.net

Date:	Thu, 9 Mar 2000 08:28 EST
To:	hwg-servers(at)hwg.org
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> if the page is not modified since the last visit no need to get

Not following: a server should give you a 304 instead of the page
if it receives a GET and realizes that the page is not modified.
This is HTTP's *inherent* way of reducing network traffic.

-John

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