Something like this? 
use CGI;
my $q = new CGI;

my @image_extensions = qw(gif png jpg jpeg);

for (@image_extensions) {
  if ($url =~ /\.${_}$/) {
    print $q->redirect(-uri=>'http://image.url/here.gif');
    exit(0);
  }
}

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Amend as you see fit if you want to return same file type - but I think most browsers can interpret the mime without needing the correct extension.

You don't want to return html (the img tag) because that's text.

Please learn CGI - it will make your life easier in the long run - honest!

cLive ;-)

ps - remember, you will need to send the redirect before outputting a text/html header to the browser.

Update: pps - sorry, I should have stated - this was a snippet to go in your existing code (hmmm). I've expanded below...

--
seek(JOB,$$LA,0);

In reply to Re: 404 image errors by cLive ;-)
in thread 404 image errors by katgirl

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