why the website only runs .htm

Some one passed me a challege: why the website only runs .htm file, but not .asp?

when launch the website, say, http://database.mygroup.org, it runs the defaul home.asp page with "hello world". The physicial home.asp resides on c:\database; and the IE address bar shows http://database.mygroup.org; not http://database.mygroup.org/home.asp.

However, when I put a line of code to redirect to myfirstpage.asp, or, add a link as My First Page, it shows the 404 file not found error; if I change both attmpts to myfirstpage.htm page, it works

The problem is: why the website only runs with .htm file, but not .asp?

Since I do not know the details of how the IIS had been configured, can any one here give me tips to point out why may be the resons, so that I can save my time to re-configure the IIS 5.0?

Many thanks.

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• 我不懂这个, 但对网页有些兴趣, 于是找了些内容给你 -老靴- ♂ (832 bytes) () 04/22/2005 postreply 07:43:13

• 回复：why the website only runs .htm -紅袖子- ♀ (133 bytes) () 04/22/2005 postreply 08:07:50

• 回复：回复：why the website only runs .htm -WhyNot.asp- ♀ (38 bytes) () 04/22/2005 postreply 08:45:41

• must be a path error since -Grant- ♂ (10 bytes) () 04/22/2005 postreply 08:49:44

• because you dont have -Grant- ♂ (122 bytes) () 04/22/2005 postreply 08:49:01

• 回复：because you dont have -IDoHaveAll- ♀ (51 bytes) () 04/22/2005 postreply 08:56:17

• how about the case? -Grant- ♂ (220 bytes) () 04/22/2005 postreply 09:04:32

• not case sensitive; open all.. -NotTheCase- ♀ (72 bytes) () 04/22/2005 postreply 09:16:49

• In terms of security, I meant -Grant- ♂ (178 bytes) () 04/23/2005 postreply 13:42:12