What does this mean? (Error 503)

[Deniz]

What does it mean if a website persistently gives you this message (but not all the time):

503 Service Unavailable
The service is not available. Please try again later.

[VuQ_Le]

Originally posted by Deniz
What does it mean if a website persistently gives you this message (but not all the time):

503 Service Unavailable
The service is not available. Please try again later.

Sounds like your making an international call and getting stuck crying since the operator you want came but offer no help...

From w3.org
The server is currently unable to handle the request due to a temporary overloading or maintenance of the server. The implication is that this is a temporary condition which will be alleviated after some delay. If known, the length of the delay MAY be indicated in a Retry-After header. If no Retry-After is given, the client SHOULD handle the response as it would for a 500 response.

-Vu

[Deniz]

so whats a 500 error then? And what are you saying? Am I confused..?

[VuQ_Le]

Originally posted by Deniz
so whats a 500 error then? And what are you saying? Am I confused..?

Okay, take it easy man !! Here