Re: Unsupported method 'PROPFIND' ?

From: Rodney McDuff <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 15:22:02 +1000

I thought the PROPFIND method is defined in rfc2518 HTTP Extensions for
Distributed Authoring -- WEBDAV

> Application that generates this message is Outlook Express 5.0. It's use
> PROPFIND method for reading mail from HTTP mail server, such as HOTMAIL.
> Andrey.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dancer <dancer@zeor.simegen.com>
> To: TimeNet <squid@ns2.timenet.net>
> Cc: <squid-users@ircache.net>
> Sent: Friday, May 14, 1999 9:54 AM
> Subject: Re: Unsupported method 'PROPFIND' ?
>
>
> > TimeNet wrote:
> > >
> > > I found there are lots "Unsupported method 'PROPFIND'" in cache.log.
> > > (2.2.STABLE2)
> > >
> > > 1999/05/13 14:54:13| parseHttpRequest: Unsupported method 'PROPFIND'
> > > 1999/05/13 14:54:13| clientReadRequest: FD 40 Invalid Request
> > > 1999/05/13 14:55:16| parseHttpRequest: Unsupported method 'PROPFIND'
> > > 1999/05/13 14:55:16| clientReadRequest: FD 27 Invalid Request
> > > 1999/05/13 14:56:18| parseHttpRequest: Unsupported method 'PROPFIND'
> > > 1999/05/13 14:56:18| clientReadRequest: FD 62 Invalid Request
> > > 1999/05/13 14:57:20| parseHttpRequest: Unsupported method 'PROPFIND'
> > > 1999/05/13 14:57:20| clientReadRequest: FD 29 Invalid Request
> > > 1999/05/13 14:58:22| parseHttpRequest: Unsupported method 'PROPFIND'
> > > 1999/05/13 14:58:22| clientReadRequest: FD 48 Invalid Request
> > >
> > > what can I do for this error?
> >
> > Don't use the application that is generating them?
> >
> > Essentially something is sending PROPFIND methods to squid, and it
> > really doesn't know what to do with them. (Perhaps they should work like
> > a GET but with the original method passed through, and the response not
> > cached unless otherwise specified)
> >
> > However, since Squid doesn't know what to do with it, it's an
> > unsupported method. I'm curious now, however, to know what application
> > is sending them.
> >
> > D
> >
> >
>
>

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