Error Message

An error message is an on-screen message indicating the failure of a process or procedure. Error messages while attempting to retrieve a document from a WWW server are caused by three categories of error: network failure (as would result from a bad URL), server failure, and server-detected errors, which produce a 1-line error description, prefaced with -ERROR-.

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Browser error messages

A listing of browser error messages.

Detail:

Common Web browser error messages include the following:

• Unable to Locate the Server: Check the URL of the server and try again.
• Network Connection Was Refused by the Server: The server is either not accepting connections, or it is busy. Try again later.
• Too Many Connections--Try Again Later: Common with anonymous FTP sites.
• Bad Request 400: The server can't figure out your request. Try again.
• Unauthorized 401: Either you have not supplied a necessary password, or have entered an invalid one.
• Forbidden 403: You are not allowed access to the document requested.
• Not Found 404: The particular document has either been moved to another location on the server or removed entirely from the system. You might try again try starting with an earlier directory in the directory tree
• Internal Error 500: A catchall for server software errors.
• Not Implemented 501: The feature you requested is not supported by your Web server.
• Service Temporarily Overloaded 502: Try again later.
• Gateway Timeout 503: A timed automatic disconnect, whether due to server, network, or client problems. You might try again.