Alexander Dick

XJR, Touren, Web-Entwicklung und mehr

The truth(?) about mod_rewrite

Searching for something in the mod_rewrite manual I just stumbled upon this quotes:

The great thing about mod_rewrite is it gives you all the configurability and flexibility of Sendmail. The downside to mod_rewrite is that it gives you all the configurability and flexibility of Sendmail.

– Brian Behlendorf
Apache Group

Despite the tons of examples and docs, mod_rewrite is voodoo. Damned cool voodoo, but still voodoo.

– Brian Moore

Well, I have to say that when it comes to configuring Sendmail and you don’t have at least 10 years of experience in doing this, you’re better off with almost everything else :D

mod_rewrite is like a walk in the park compared to working with sendmail (to me and many many other guys I guess ;) ).