WG: [SQU] Squid doesn't download updated sites

Hi Martin,

I don't blame squid, it's just a question.
By the way:
before I posted this messages to the group a cleared the local cache of my
IE. The problem is still appearing!
I guess I have this problem because the provider of this site doesn't
support the EXPIRE variable for this site. So squid have to wait the MAX_AGE
timer (in this case 72 hours) until it's reloading the page.

Greetings from Switzerland
Fabian

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Martin A. Brooks [mailto:martin@hinterlands.org]
Gesendet: 02.02.2001 22:32
An: Fabian Krämer; 'squid-users@ircache.net'
Betreff: Re: [SQU] Squid doesn't download updated sites

At 14:40 05/02/01 +0100, Fabian Krämer wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I've installed Squid 2.3 Stable 2.
>The problem I have is that squid doesn't download updated html-sites. We
>have posted modifications to a site hosted by a provider. If we want
>access this site by squid we can only see the old site (without the
>modifications).
>It seems that squid looks for site changes only every 72 hours like set in
>"refresh_pattern 0 20% 4320".
>Squid doesn't notice that the sites were modified.

Many browsers cache webpages independently of the Squid cache itself. The
worst culprit for this is IE, which often caches pages despite setting it's
cache size to 0, forcing (in theory) a per-instance check and saying never
ever /ever/ EVER cache anything, /EVER/. :)

It might be worth checking this out before blaming Squid. Check it, /then/
blame Squid :)

Regards

Martin A. Brooks
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