httpd.conf question - want to create a redirect from non-www to www version of site

If someone types in "http://sovereignfunding.com" I want to automatically redirect them using a 302 redirect to "http://www.sovereignfunding.com".

I can't use .htaccess to do the redirect because FrontPage 2003 loses the ability to login to my site.  The following URL explains why you can't use .htaccess and FP - (http://www.12wonderhosting.com/faqhtaccess.php - see #2).

Someone recommeded that I do the following:

If you add the Apache redirect directives you would have used in the .htaccess file directly into the Apache configuration (/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf) for the domain's webroot ( ie, inside the <Directory "/var/www/html"></Directory> section, you can sidestep the frontpage issue and use the redirect without having a .htaccess.

I made the change to the httpd.conf file (see modification below).  After the change I wasn't able to login to my site and I couldn't send/receive email.  So I changed it back to the original.

Would someone else have another recomendation?

Thanks in advance!

Modified httpd.conf file

<Directory "/var/www/html">
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^sovereignfunding\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.sovereignfunding.com/$1 [R=302,L]
#

# This may also be "None", "All", or any combination of "Indexes",

# "Includes", "FollowSymLinks", "ExecCGI", or "MultiViews".

#

# Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"

# doesn't give it to you.

#

    Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews Includes ExecCGI

    AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl .py .sh

#

# This controls which options the .htaccess files in directories can

# override. Can also be "All", or any combination of "Options", "FileInfo",

# "AuthConfig", and "Limit"

#

      AllowOverride All

#

# Controls who can get stuff from this server.

#

    Order allow,deny

    Allow from all

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