Question

I wrote

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} .*MSIE.*
RewriteRule .* /IE [R=403,L]

to redirect all ie users to the folder IE.

Then I tried

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !.*MSIE.*
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} /IE
RewriteRule .* 404.html [R=404,L]

But it didn’t work.

How can I make it work?

Answer 1

You are using the wrong var. %{HTTP_HOST} matches against the hostname, not the folder. I think you want something like this:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !.*MSIE.*
RewriteRule ^/?IE /404.html [R=404,L]

Note that the R=404 forces a 404 response, it doesn’t actually redirect you anywhere.