I discovered this thread while googling for the same issue, here is a solution in case it hasn't been pointed out: > I have googled and found that others have same problem. However I have > not found just right solution - only workarounds like "use underscore > and not space" etc. In httpd.conf: RewriteMap escapemap int:escape In .htaccess: RewriteRule ^foo/(.*)$ http://127.0.0.1:1234/bar/${escapemap:$1} [P,L] (The [B] option in later versions of apache should also fix it) ..david --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx