Redirect to diff port on apache

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Hi,
I'm running both mail (webmail port = 8080) and web (http = 80) on same box. i am able to redirect as below without any problem.

From: http://mail.abc.com
To: http://www.abc.com:8080

I did the above with a simple virtualhost and redirect directive.

But my requirement is to have same url (http://mail.abc.com) on user's browser's address bar. i.e., redirection to diff port with SAME URL.

Is it possible? if yes, pls advise

Thanks,
Reddy

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AFAIK, http implies port 80 unless otherwise specified.

However, you could do a redirect. That is, something like this in .htaccess:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}  ^mail.abc.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://mail.abc.com:8080/$1      [L]

That way, if someone types mail.abc.com, they will seamlessly end up at the right place, though 8080 will be visible in the location bar.