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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I am getting lots of requests like this:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>http://www.example.com/index.php?q=cgi-bin/printOriginal.pl&file=/alpha/beta/gamma/rage_prevention.shtml<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The file argument is a valid page on our
old site and is itself redirected with a ReWriteRule in .htaccess. However,
cgi-bin/printOriginal.pl does not exist and I have no idea what it was supposed
to do (well, I can guess print the page). We get lots of these requests for
different pages. I have tried a simple rewrite rule and a URL alias to prevent
the 404 processing, but neither has fixed it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Is it possible to design a rewriterule
that essentially discards the "cgi-bin/printOriginal.pl" and just
serves up the requested page (well, after its own rewrite rule has worked)? So
this would become<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>http://www.example.com/index.php/alpha/beta/gamma/rage_prevention.shtml<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:fuchsia'>Nancy E. Wichmann, PMP </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Injustice
anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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