Re: [Zope] Should this make me nervous?

Jens Vagelpohl wrote:

no reason to panic. HEAD is a standard HTTP command just like GET, the difference being that HEAD does not send the document contents, just length and stuff like that.

some spiders and web robots use HEAD to determine if a page has been changed.

I have, for years, been noticing that we get _loads_ of these HEAD requests that cause errors. Why is this? (lemme know if you want a traceback, I have many :-P) cheers, Chris