> Why is an ErrorDocument "insufficient" or "not the elegant way"? >> It accomplishes the goal in a clean way, no? >> > > It's *WRONG*. ErrorDocument still preserves the 404 error code, it just > gives it a prettier face. If the page really is there, returning a 404 for > it is not correct. Search engines will not index it. You probably don't > want that. You may set it... so for example: header('HTTP/1.1 200 OK'); Regards, Philip