Why does favicon.ico show as error in apache log

[Nick]

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> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
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> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 1:59 PM
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> Subject: Why does favicon.ico show as error in apache log
> 
> I do not use this favicon.ico file in my web site, But an small
> number of the visitors for some reason try to get this file which is
> not there. This is reported as file error in the analog apache log
> reports. Can someone explain why some visitor browsers try to get
> this file, and what I can do to fix this?
> 
> Thanks
> 
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If you create an icon file and name it favicon.ico and put it in the root of
your htdocs or wherever it creates an icon for your website when somebody
adds it to their favorites in IE or just shows an icon beside the URL in
other browsers.

			Nick