[ second time, due to mailman bug with gpg signing ] Am Do, den 24.06.2004 schrieb Steven Stern um 16:41: > I'm using IMP for web email and I want to force all connections to go via SSL. I do the same. > Here's the relevant parts of httpd.conf: > > Alias /horde/ /var/www/html/horde/ > > <VirtualHost *:443> > ServerAdmin webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxx > DocumentRoot /var/www/html/horde/ > ServerName webmail.mydomain.com > Options Indexes FollowSymLinks > </VirtualHost> > > #<Directory /var/www/html/horde/> > # RewriteEngine on > # RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !=443 > # RewriteRule ^.* - [F] > # ErrorDocument 403 https://webmail.mydomain.com > #</Directory> > > If you connect to https://webmail.mydomain.com, it works just fine. I want to > make sure than any connection to http://mydomain.com/horde gets forced to use > the https://webmail connection. > > However, if I enable the rewrite for the horde directory, any attempt to > access that directory results in an error, "Maximum redirection exceeded". > I'm sure there's a problem in my thinking. Please lead me to the path of > enlightenment. > Steve Very simple Steve :) The error occurs as you configured a loop. You put in the redirect instructions inside the SSL vhost config while it must be in the main httpd.conf, where it makes much sense. I use the exact same syntax. I only would add a trailing slash to https://webmail.mydomain.com (not just cosmetic). Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13 Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) on Athlon CPU kernel 2.6.6-1.435 Serendipity 16:57:51 up 1 day, 15:36, load average: 1.73, 1.31, 1.17