(1) In
e-mail, a redirect
is an option found in
e-mail clients that is
similar to a
forward, with the exception that the
body of the text is not normally shown as quoted text. Additionally the
From
(or) Sender field will show the
e-mail address
of the original sender, and in brackets it will show your information. For
example if you received the e-mail from "
me@me.com" and your e-mail
address is "
thisisme@me.com", when you redirect this e-mail to another
recipient, the
From (or) Sender information might read something like
this:
From: me@me.com (
by way of "Your Name" <thisisme@me.com> )
(2) Redirect also refers to a Web server function where an old
URL can
be redirected to a new one. There are a series of redirect HTTP response codes
that a server can return, including the following:
- 301: (permanent) Returns a permanent redirect status indicating that the
resource has moved permanently.
- 302: (temp) Returns a temporary redirect status. This is the default.
- 303: (seeother) Returns a "See Other" status indicating that the
resource has been replaced.
- 410: (gone) Indicates that the resource has been replaced.
