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To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1180)	4/27/2000 1:33:00 PM
From: Bill Larsen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3372

Zeuspaul, When a browser makes a request for a Web page, the server can send back a response that says, 'keep this page in your cache for X seconds.' This is useful for pages that don't change often. The subjectmarks page does just the opposite, it sends a response to the browser that says, 'the content on this page should be pulled from the server EVERY time it is requested.' Having said that, what can go wrong? 1) If you are using a proxy server, that proxy server may keep around a stale copy. 2) Your browser may be buggy. This is not meant to be a cop out, I get all kinds of wacky behavior from my IE at home. Most of it odd, but fairly benign. We haven't seen much of this particular problem (which suggests that it isn't a server related issue, though as always, we reserve the right to re-evaluate the evidence) What can be done? The best option is to do a "SHIFT RELOAD." Hold down they keyboards shift key while hitting the Reload icon. This tells the browser, 'reload the lot.' Thanks, Bill