Subject: RE: [SIP] 405 vs 501 response.

From: "William Lee" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 05:11:51 -0500

According to the spec, you are correct.  The server should respond with a
501.

	"The server does not support the functionality required to fulfill
the request. This
	is the appropriate response when the server does not recognize the
request method
	and is not capable of supporting if for any user."

Bill

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Fairlie-Cuninghame, Robert [SMTP:[email-masked]]
> Sent:	Friday, April 07, 2000 2:06 AM
> To:	[email-masked]'
> Subject:	[SIP] 405 vs 501 response.
> 
> 
> I noticed in the Bake-off client classification form that there is an
> item:
> 
> "reject unknown request methods with 405 response"
> 
> I was under the impression that you respond to unknown methods with a 501
> Not implemented response and the 405 response should only be sent if the
> request is recognized but disallowed.
> 
> Robert.
> 
> 
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