301 redirect for forum move - HELP

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I just finished moving a vbulleting forum to phpfox forum,
The problem I am facing is that a simple 301 redirect will cost me a lot of google traffic,

How can I make a .htaccess redirect that will redirect the old forum threads etc to the new location?

The issue I face is that the new home has a different (totally) URL structure than the old forums,

old

url.co.uk/threads/a-guide-to-mooting-part-1.27567/

new

url.org/lawlink/forum/thread/34873/a-guide-to-mooting-part-1/

but than an other will be

old

url.co.uk/threads/copyright-infringement.27707/

new

url.org/lawlink/forum/thread/34993/copyright-infringement/

And on and on,

Anyone who can offer some help to properly redirect....:wall:

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Anyone? please//// sorry to bumb!

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I hope you are not asking for Regex just the 301 htaccess redirect

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.newdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
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This is exactly the code we used to change our forum location. Worked like a charm.