Mailman + squirrelmail ONLY through https://

[David Hoffman]

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 22:08:29 -0600, Andrew Schaffner
<linux.als at gmail.com> wrote:
> Friends,
> 
> I hate to ask this -- but I can't get my http.conf right ...
> 
> I want all squirrelmail and mailman links to be https://
> 
> I found this on the web:
> 
> RewriteEngine On
> Options +FollowSymlinks
> RewriteCond   %{SERVER_PORT}  !^443$
> RewriteRule ^/secret(.*)$ https://www.domain.com/secret/$1 [L,R]
> 
> I've tried so many different combinations of alias and redirects that
> I just have to give up and I have to ask
> 
> The /webmail It works great for http but I get all kinds of errors
> trying to switch it over to https
> The /mailman starts off in https but reverts to http on any subsequent
> link. I realize the mailman.conf file does not include subsequent
> links but I'm stuck :-)
> 
> I would be grateful if someone would even post a link with an example
> that I could follow. I'm looking for the K.I.S.S. solution to this :-)
> I have root access on the webserver.
> 

I'm not sure about mailman, but there is a plugin module for Squirrel
that detects when an http connection is trying to log in and forces
the switch to https.