Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-users-archive@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 53090 invoked by uid 500); 13 Dec 2001 15:58:11 -0000 Mailing-List: contact users-help@httpd.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Reply-To: users@httpd.apache.org list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Delivered-To: mailing list users@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 53079 invoked from network); 13 Dec 2001 15:58:11 -0000 Received: from atlrel7.hp.com (156.153.255.213) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 13 Dec 2001 15:58:11 -0000 Received: from mailhost.rsn.hp.com (ns2.rsn.hp.com [15.99.201.13]) by atlrel7.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AC921F5C4 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2001 10:54:39 -0500 (EST) Received: from alaska.rsn.hp.com (IDENT:root@alaska.rsn.hp.com [15.99.2.122]) by mailhost.rsn.hp.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_22672)/8.9.3 SMKit7.0) with ESMTP id JAA20100 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2001 09:58:05 -0600 (CST) From: bciceron@rsn.hp.com Received: from localhost (bciceron@localhost) by alaska.rsn.hp.com (8.11.0/8.9.3) with ESMTP id fBDFw4v22176 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2001 09:58:04 -0600 X-Authentication-Warning: alaska.rsn.hp.com: bciceron owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 09:58:04 -0600 (CST) To: Subject: generic page In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N hi, i try to address the following problem: how to gently inform users that a website is temporary unavailable ? how can i get apache to point them to a static page with gentle message whenever then point to any otherwise valid url ? how would you address that ? i wonder i re-writing rules would do ? is there a better solution ? thx, ben --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@httpd.apache.org