I often see buggy servers that give me a server error 500 if the link is checked via HEAD method.

This is wrong behaviour and we should get a 405 (method not allowed) that makes link checker automatically change the request method and re-check the link. Users should be able to change the check method via a select box. It's very technical and we need to explain in a very easy manner what the method is.

Here are a few examples of such buggy servers:

http://www.forum-sozial.de
http://www.kinderundjugendtelefon.de/eltern.html
http://www.zeitgeist-uhrenmuseum.de/
http://www.naturfreundejugend.de/

If someone has an idea how it is possible to configure a webserver in such a wrong way, please give me a hint.

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Status: Active » Fixed
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Version: 6.x-2.x-dev » 5.x-2.x-dev
Status: Fixed » Patch (to be ported)
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Status: Patch (to be ported) » Fixed

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.