40539 - No error when typing in non-existant local file

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 19073

(Core :: Networking, defect, P3)

Description

[WD]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win95; en-US; m16) Gecko/20000524
BuildID:    2000052408

When you type in the name of a local file or directory that doesn't exist,
Mozilla gives no notification of this.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open Mozilla
2.In URL box type:   c:\I_Dont_exist.html
3.

Actual Results:  Wow!   It looks just like the page that I was just on!   ;-)

Expected Results:  Error message saying "Unable to find the file...." or
something like that

Comment 1

[Sitsofe Wheeler]

This is a dup of bug 19073 - Missing file: URL gives a blank page display.
Changing component to Networking and marking as such.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 19073 ***

Comment 2

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

Sorry for the spam.  New QA Contact for Browser General.  Thanks for your help
Joseph (good luck with the new job) and welcome aboard Doron Rosenberg

Comment 3

[Blake Ross]

vrfy