Description of problem: The standard mailman http config file suggests a redirect including a hostname. Why not just include it without a host part? (I added Joe Orton and Mark Cox on CC: in case they know a reason why this is a bad idea.) RedirectMatch ^/mailman[/]*$ /mailman/listinfo Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
This is the documentation from Apache for Redirect (http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_alias.html) The Redirect directive maps an old URL into a new one. The new URL is returned to the client which attempts to fetch it again with the new address. The existing suggestion in the config file is this: RedirectMatch ^/mailman[/]*$ http://www.example.com/mailman/listinfo Unless I'm misunderstanding your suggestion of changing it to: RedirectMatch ^/mailman[/]*$ /mailman/listinfo I would think this would return a redirect to a client that is neither a properly formed URL nor would it contain the server address component of the URL which the client needs. Note this is not redirected internally to the apache server. Given this seems incorrect and that there is little value in shortening something created once in a config file I think I'll pass on this suggestion. If I've misunderstood your suggestion (entirely likely) please reopen the bug with more explanation.