Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 16:44:15 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Fileutils 4.0 beta 2
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On Mon, 7 May 2001, Richard Dawe wrote:

> > >     http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/djgpp/fileutils/
> > >
> > > The file is ls.exe.gz.
> > 
> > Any idea why this server replies with "ERROR 404: Not found" when I
> > try to fetch ls.exe.gz with Wget, but all's well if I do it with
> > Netscape?  Very annoying.
> 
> Strange. It worked for me, when I tried it. I use Netscape 4.77 on Linux.
> Does the following work instead?
> 
>     http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/djgpp/fileutils/index.html

No, this doesn't work either.

Wget automatically appends ":80" to the host name, to use port 80; 
perhaps that is the problem?  If so, what is the right port?

> My ISP uses virtual hosting, so "phekda" is actually mapped onto some
> other host. I wonder if you are using an old version of Netscape that does
> not support this (the HTTP Host header) - it seems unlikely though.

My problem was not with Netscape--that worked fine--the problem was with 
Wget.