[LI] re: web server redirection

[Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Apache can be used to redirect requests.
> Redirect old-URL new URL

Right so far.

> alternatively you can use javascript on the index page 
> which sets the location to the new URL on Loading.

Why use javascript (and get ignored by all those lynx users out there?
HTML has the meta http-equiv=refresh tag which automatically refreshes the
page to another url.

Lynx doesn't support this either - so at least include a link like "This
page has moved.  If your browser is too dumbass to support elementary HTML
(ouch ouch ouch sorry Lynxers <g>) then click here (and yeah, get yourself
a new browser before you show your ugly old face here again.

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