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<p>Gah! I hate it when people "help" me like that. It breaks the model of the web. If a page doesn't exist, I want to know about it--but the "I" in question is one of my scripts, not me personally. If I get a 404, then I can recognize the condition and continue. My scripts, however, aren't clever enough to do so. If instead someone "helpfully" redirects me to something else, then I can't reliably detect the condition. (My home ISP does that to me, and it gripes me to no end.)</p>
<p>If you're going to do something like that, I'd suggest making a 404 page that gives you the index page of the directory, instead. That way, it can be detected more easily, *and* allow people to find what they're looking for.</p>
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<p><b>Update:</b> Having said that, getting the 301 or 302 code would be fine, too. Anything's better than some odd page with a 2xx status code.</p>
<p><b>Update:</b> Added sentence starting "My scripts"</p>
<p>...[roboticus]</p>
<p><i>When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.</i></p>
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