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Help with .htaccess

What do I need in my .htaccess file so if a user enters the URL:

http://www.mysite.com/thisgroup/

And the directory/file thisgroup does not exist I was hoping the user would be redirected to:
http://www.mysite.com/notfound.cfm?group=thisgroup

thank you for your help

COBOLdinosaur

Just include a directive for the 404 not found error condition:

ErrorDocument 404 http://www.mysite.com/notfound.cfm?group=thisgroup

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WestCoast_BC

ASKER

Thank for your comment.

thisgroup needs to be a variable. I need to handle :

http://www.mysite.com/thisgroup/
http://www.mysite.com/testgroup
http://www.mysite.com/anothergroup

etc....

COBOLdinosaur

Do you want it handled as a 404 not found or a 301 re-direct? It makes a difference in how the Search engines will treat it.

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WestCoast_BC

ASKER

I believe as a 404 not found.

WestCoast_BC

ASKER

I have sort of solved my problem by changing the rule for my users. If someone uses:
www.mysite.com/group/thisgroup

I have setup a redirect rule so the above becomes www.mysite.com/group/group=thisgroup

My .htaccess has the following:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^group/([A-Za-z0-9-]+)/?$ /group/?group=$1 [NC,L]

I am hoping that there is an answer to my original question.

Thank you all for your help.

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