wmv file problem

need help with bandwidth issue

[shdsofblu]

I apologize if this is not posted in the correct area of the forum.

We have just sent out a mass mailing newsletter with a very specific link to a wmv file......

ex. www.?.downloads/test.wmv

The problem is, it has proved a very popular video and its killing our bandwidth. We want to have people download the video through another virtual directory in order to solve this problem, but we can't figure out how to notify someone clicking on the above wmv file that they need to go to this new location in order to download.

I know a redirect does not work with wmv file and there is no custom error page.

ANY help to our dilemma would be greatly appreciated.

[encyclo]

What kind of server are you running, shdsofblu? If you are running Apache, you could add a redirect from the existing file location to the new file in a .htaccess file:

Redirect /downloads/test.wmv http://example.com/newdir/newfile.wmv

If you are running a Windows server, is it a dedicated server or a shared one?

[webdude]

You can also redirect a file in IIS on Windoze. Open IIS and surf to the file. Right click - under "File" tab, select "A redirection to a URL" - fill in the URL - click "The exact URL entered above"