404 re-direct instead of generic page or custom page

Strange question.

I know within the configuration of Apache (2.X) that I can have a custom 404
page.

I would rather re-direct the request to a known good page that is not on my
server at all (i.e. www.google.com).

The questions is; will this re-direct add the refer tag, so on the receipient's
server it looks like my server did the referring, or would it look like a
direct request from the client?

 > I know within the configuration of Apache (2.X) that I can have a custom 404
 > page.
 >
 > I would rather re-direct the request to a known good page that is not on my
 > server at all (i.e. <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">www.google.com</a>).
 >
 > The questions is; will this re-direct add the refer tag, so on the receipient's
 > server it looks like my server did the referring, or would it look like a
 > direct request from the client?

if you send a redirect instead of a 404 the usual suspects in the
browser category won't send a referrer (just like with any redirect).

joachim<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->