> Creating a custom 404 page, I found something odd when testing it... > the bogus link: http://www.georgedillon.com/bullshit.htm redirects to > my custom 404, but http://www.georgedillon.com/bullshit.shtml goes > to a default internet explorer HTTP 404 message. > > Since every page on my site is now an .shtml, this rather defeats the > point of a customised 404. > > Any explanations/suggestions? Yep - Microsoft don't give a monkey's about standards. IE gives you its own error page if the one delivered from the server is below a certain size (about 700 bytes of HTML I think). Cheers Martin