But by writing my own handler it doesn't show up as a 404. This is a "temporary" solution to a problem on a site that just rolled out with 6000+ products that have about 30 images each... Any image that is requested under a product directory with a certain name I display a certain "art is missing" image. It's just an interum solution till they art department can catch up.
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If you're putting valid content at a URL via a 404 handler, just be sure your script prints out a "Status: 200 OK" header to override the server's 404 status message so that it appears normally. This has the added benefit of allowing search engines to pick up the page, where they would discard it otherwise with a 404 message.