Title: [Plugin: podPress] Server returned HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: podPress] Server returned HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

 *  Resolved [toptm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toptm/)
 * (@toptm)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-podpress-server-returned-http-error-403-forbidden/)
 * Tim,
 * Please help. I received the 403 Error when I tried to validate my feed, [http://theonlypodcast.com/?feed=podcast](http://theonlypodcast.com/?feed=podcast).
   But when I input the feed listed in the Feed Podcast section of your plugin, 
   [http://theonlypodcast.com/feed/podcast](http://theonlypodcast.com/feed/podcast),
   the feed validates fine, with only minor errors on line 206.
 * I have done everything you suggested in a previous post; re-saved my permalink
   structure, made sure the slug name remained “podcast”, and made sure that I the
   feed is active. Is there anything else I can do, or am I missing something completely?
 * Thanks,
    Andrew

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 *  Plugin Author [ntm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ntm/)
 * (@ntm)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-podpress-server-returned-http-error-403-forbidden/#post-1851715)
 * Hi Andrew,
 * I’m sorry. I have no concrete idea why the URL [http://theonlypodcast.com/?feed=podcast](http://theonlypodcast.com/?feed=podcast)
   does not work. But I have noticed that this problem seems to be limited to the
   additional Feeds of podPress. For instance the redirection of the default RSS
   Feed URL [http://theonlypodcast.com/?feed=rss2](http://theonlypodcast.com/?feed=rss2)
   works.
    It seems to be more an issue of these redirections. I have of course 
   installed podPress in my blog too and it is no problem in this blog to use both
   URL schemes while a non-default Permalink scheme is active.
 * Please, try to set the Permalink scheme back to the default scheme for a moment
   and control whether the URL [http://theonlypodcast.com/?feed=podcast](http://theonlypodcast.com/?feed=podcast)
   works with this settings.
    Does it work with the default Permalink scheme?
 * (You can test the URL in your browser. But it might be necessary to clear the
   cache of the browser to see a difference before reloading the “page”.)
 * I need to research a little bit before I can try to help you more.
 * Regards,
    Tim
 *  Thread Starter [toptm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toptm/)
 * (@toptm)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-podpress-server-returned-http-error-403-forbidden/#post-1851720)
 * Tim,
 * After setting the permalinks to default, the feed validates and works as a URL
   in my browser. It only works in the default scheme though, as I tried using the
   other permalink setting, aside from custom, and came up with the previous results.
 * Obviously I am keeping the permalink structure to default for now, but I still
   wonder why this would happen all of the sudden, as I’ve been using your plugin
   for months.
 * Thanks for the help,
    Andrew
 *  Plugin Author [ntm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ntm/)
 * (@ntm)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-podpress-server-returned-http-error-403-forbidden/#post-1851738)
 * Are you able to tell since which podPress version this problem has occurred?
 *  Thread Starter [toptm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toptm/)
 * (@toptm)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-podpress-server-returned-http-error-403-forbidden/#post-1851739)
 * It started with 8.8.8.4. I had no problems when I had 8.8.6.3 installed.
 *  Plugin Author [ntm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ntm/)
 * (@ntm)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-podpress-server-returned-http-error-403-forbidden/#post-1851823)
 * I have thought about this problem a lot and I know two further blogs besides 
   my own blog where podPress 8.8.8.x is running and the /?feed=podcast and the /
   feed/podcast Feed is working at the same time.
    That is why I think that it might
   be a problem on your server or blog. Are you able to rule out that no other plugin
   interferes with your Permalinks or rewrite rules? I have also read the first 
   post in this thread again and I have noticed the last sub section:
 * > I have done everything you suggested in a previous post; re-saved my permalink
   > structure, made sure the slug name remained “podcast”, and made sure that I
   > the feed is active.
 * The order of the action is important.
 * Maybe you should try it this way:
    * controlling/changing the Slug Name * check
   the Active Feed checkbox * saving the podPress Feed settings (after this step
   the /?feed=podcast Feed should work) * saving the Permalink settings (if you 
   are using a non-default Permalink scheme) (after this step the /feed/podcast 
   Feed should also work)
 * If you have done these action in this order then maybe try it again while the
   other plugins are deactivated temporarily.
 * You could also try to find out whether the podPress Feeds like the “podcast” 
   Feed has been added correctly to the rewrite rules of your blog. The plugin [AskApache RewriteRules Viewer](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/askapaches-rewriterules-viewer/)
   can show you all the rewrite rules. At the options page of this plugin are several
   boxes one of them with the name “feeds Supported default feeds.” (the second 
   box with this name) should contain a section which looks like this
 *     ```
       [root_rewrite] => Array
       (
           [feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom|podcast|enhancedpodcast|torrent|premium|playlist.xspf)/?$] => index.php?&feed=$1
           [(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom|podcast|enhancedpodcast|torrent|premium|playlist.xspf)/?$] => index.php?&feed=$1
           [page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$] => index.php?&paged=$1
           [comment-page-([0-9]{1,})/?$] => index.php?&page_id=2&cpage=$1
       )
       ```
   
 * As you can see this list contains and should contain all slug names of the additional
   feeds. Please, control whether the podcast Feed is in this list when the non-
   default Permalink scheme is active.
    The slug name should also be in first box
   with this name. That other contains only a simple list with all the slug names
   of the feeds. The slug name of the of the “podcast” Feed should be in that list
   as long as podPress and this Feed is active regardless of the Permalink scheme.
 * Control also the mod_rewrite_rules box. While you are using a non-default Permalink
   scheme e.g. Day and Name, the content of this box should contain
 *     ```
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /
       RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
       RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
       ```
   
 * While you are using the default Permalinks, this box is probably empty.
    If it
   is not empty in this situation, please post here what is in there.
 *  Thread Starter [toptm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toptm/)
 * (@toptm)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-podpress-server-returned-http-error-403-forbidden/#post-1851829)
 * I followed all of your instructions, to no avail. I even turned off all of my
   other plugins, besides yours and the AA RewriteRules, to see if one of them was
   interfering. I still come up with the same results: if the permalink structure
   is default, “?feed=podcast” works and “/feed/podcast/” comes up with a 404 Error.
   When a non default permalink is active, “feed=podcast” comes up with the 403 
   Error and “feed/podcast” works fine.
    There is only one thing I noticed when 
   looking at the rewrite rules:
 *     ```
       [root_rewrite] => Array
       (   
   
       [feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom|podcast|enhancedpodcast|torrent|premium|playlist.xspf)/?$] => index.php?&feed=$1
       [(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom|podcast|enhancedpodcast|torrent|premium|playlist.xspf)/?$] => index.php?&feed=$1
       [page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$] => index.php?&paged=$1
   
       )
       ```
   
 * The only line missing from mine and the example you gave me is the line containing“[
   comment-page…]”. other than that, your example and mine match, whether or not
   the default permalink is active.
 * For further proof, this is what my mod_rewrite_rules look like
 *     ```
       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /
       RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
       RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
       </IfModule>
       ```
   
 * Do you think I should take this up with my domain host?
 *  Plugin Author [ntm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ntm/)
 * (@ntm)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-podpress-server-returned-http-error-403-forbidden/#post-1851848)
 * Okay. The other plugins are not involved and the rewrite rules are looking to
   me.
    I’m still not able to reproduce the problem. Would you do a further test?
 * If the problem is not limited to podPress then it will probably happen when you
   add a further Feed with a different plugin.
 * The following code snippet is a simple plugin which adds a RSS Feed to a blog.
   This Feed with the slug name “testfeed” will have the same content as the main
   entries RSS Feed.
 * _[Code moderated as per the [Forum Rules](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome).
   Please use the [pastebin](http://wordpress.pastebin.com)]_
 * Create a new file with a text editor and name it e.g. testfeed.php.
    Open the
   file with the text editor and copy and paste that code into the file. Upload 
   this file to your blog and store it for instance in the folder /wp-content/plugins/
   testfeed/. Afterwards head to the plugins page of your blog and activate that
   plugin (“A Test Feed”). This will create the Feed /?feed=testfeed (and /feed/
   testfeed). Choose a non-default Permalink scheme and save the Permalink settings.
 * Does /?feed=testfeed work?
    Does /feed/testfeed work?
 * If /?feed=testfeed is not working while the non-default Permalink scheme is active(
   and /feed/testfeed is working), deactivate a part of the this plugin by inserting
   comment characters in one line of the code. You may use the plugin editor of 
   the blog for this action.
 * Modify the code like this:
    old:
 *     ```
       function testfeed_do_feed($withcomments) {
       	testfeed_modify_certain_feedelements();
       	do_feed_rss2($withcomments);
       }
       ```
   
 * new:
 *     ```
       function testfeed_do_feed($withcomments) {
       	//testfeed_modify_certain_feedelements();
       	do_feed_rss2($withcomments);
       }
       ```
   
 * Or you modify the file with the text editor on your computer and upload the file
   again.
 * If this is also not working then you should try this code:
    _[Code moderated 
   as per the [Forum Rules](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome). Please use
   the [pastebin](http://wordpress.pastebin.com)]_
 * (This is comparable to the way the podPress versions before version 8.8.9 have
   added the Feeds.)
 * If the /?feed=testfeed URL does not work while /feed/testfeed works (while a 
   non-default Permalink scheme is active) then it is probably a problem which is
   not limited to the podPress plugin.
 * Please, control also the /?feed=rss2 and the /?feed=atom Feed while the non-default
   Permalink scheme is active.
    Is the RSS and the ATOM Feed working?
 * If the ATOM Feed or the /?feed=testfeed Feed is not working then turn off the
   podPress plugin temporarily and test the ATOM Feed and /?feed=testfeed again (
   while the non-default Permalink scheme is active).
 * This may not bring the solution but it will definitely help to narrow down the
   number of possible sources of the problem.
 *  Thread Starter [toptm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toptm/)
 * (@toptm)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-podpress-server-returned-http-error-403-forbidden/#post-1851849)
 * I can’t activate your simple plugin. I get a fatal error when I try to activate
   it. Am I doing something wrong? I feel sorry for taking up so much of your time.
 * > Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.
   >     ```
   >     Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or '$' in /home/content/41/6826341/html/wp-content/plugins/testfeed/testfeed.php on line 15
   >     ```
   > 
 *  [raymer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raymer/)
 * (@raymer)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-podpress-server-returned-http-error-403-forbidden/#post-1851860)
 * [@toptm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toptm/) – I’m jumping in here but
   not sure if I can actually help. I noticed that in your OP you said you were 
   getting a 403 error not a 404. That may indicate a permissions problem?
    Scanning
   through the thread I gather that you are running wordpress on a shared-hosting
   server with Apache and some kind of *Nix OS – can you confirm? Also, can you 
   confirm that you are running the latest dev version of podpress? If not, what
   exact version?
 * Now for my wild speculation. Do you have an actual physical dir named podcast?
   Or do you have a wordpress category named poscast? Or a tag named podcast?
 * [@ntm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ntm/) Tim, is there any possiblity
   that having a category named podcast could interfere with the default permalink
   scheme? How about a dir named podcast?
 * FWIW, I am using podpress with no problems on a shared host but I have seen some
   people have problems with permissions. Can’t understand why you would get a permission
   denied (403) error. Maybe you could try (temporariy) setting your podpress dir
   premissions to 777?
 * -Ray
 *  Thread Starter [toptm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toptm/)
 * (@toptm)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-podpress-server-returned-http-error-403-forbidden/#post-1851861)
 * Ray,
 * Yes, I was getting a 403 when trying to validate and use my original podcast 
   feed, [http://theonlypodcast.com/?feed=podcast](http://theonlypodcast.com/?feed=podcast)(
   iTunes was also giving me an error when trying to download shows). Trouble is,
   the feed theonlypodcast.com/feed/podcast validated and worked fine, which Tim
   has told me before(in another post) should not be the case. According to him “/?
   feed=podcast” an “/feed/podcast” are essentially the same thing and should not
   be behaving this way.
 * I’m running wordpress on a GoDaddy server and only added Apache after Tim’s suggestion
   to look at my rewrite array. I don’t know what a *Nix operating system is; I’ve
   been learning most of this on-the-fly.
 * I constantly update all of my plugins, whenever I get an alert that one is available.
   Just to make sure, I went back and checked, and I am running 8.8.9.
 * As for your speculation, I do have a category named podcasts, but it never caused
   any problem, at least not with v8.8.6.3 . Do you think I should remove it anyway?
 * -Andrew
 *  [raymer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raymer/)
 * (@raymer)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-podpress-server-returned-http-error-403-forbidden/#post-1851867)
 * If you are on GoDaddy I think you are running Linux (a flavor of Unix = *nix)
   or possibly Windows. You are also probably installing everything from some kind
   of control panel interface, right? I’m not sure what you mean when you say you“
   added Apache after Tim’s suggestion to look at your rewrite array.” Can you explain
   how you added Apache?
 * Also, can you explain how you installed wordpress (and are you running 3.0.4)?
   Did you install from the GoDaddy control panel or FTP the files somehow? And 
   how did you install the podpress plugin? From inside the admin page of your wordpress
   install? Or did you ftp it manually? Can you figure out how to see the permissions
   on the dirs from your control panel or ftp client? do the permissions for the
   podpress dir look different from your other plugins?
 * One thing you could try it deleting the entire podpress dir and then reinstalling
   it. Another thing you could try is to revert to 8.8.6.3 and see if the problem
   disappears. You can checkout 8.8.6.3 with an svn client (like tortoiseSVN for
   windows). I don’t think GoDaddy has svn installed on their shared hosting servers
   so you’ll have to check it out onto your local machine and then ftp it up to 
   your GoDaddy webhost. If you run Linux at home you can simply run this command
   from the shell prompt to download 8.8.6.3 `svn co . http://plugins.svn.wordpress.
   org/podpress/tags/8.8.6.3/`
 * My best guess is that either the permissions got messed up on a file or a file
   is corrupted somehow. A clean install of podpress would be the first thing to
   try. Also be sure to mention if you see *any* error messages when deactivating
   and reactivating the plugin or elswhere.
 * -Ray
 *  Plugin Author [ntm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ntm/)
 * (@ntm)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-podpress-server-returned-http-error-403-forbidden/#post-1851868)
 * > Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.
 * Which version of the plugin caused this error? The last one?
    Anyway, now it 
   is hard to say what in line 15 was. I have put the code of plugins into files
   and uploaded it. You can download the plugins: [http://undeuxoutrois.de/downloads/testfeed.zip](http://undeuxoutrois.de/downloads/testfeed.zip)
   Please, put the folder and the two files into your plugin folder (for instance/
   wp-content/plugins/). At your plugins page you will see two new plugins “A Test
   Feed – I” and “A Test Feed – II”. The first one will add a Feed with the slug
   name “testfeed1” and the second one the “testfeed” Feed. The difference between
   both is that “testfeed1” has a customized Feed title and description.
 * Please, try this before you start making podPress rollbacks.
    (But when start
   to do that, you could download an older version podPress also here: [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/podpress/download/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/podpress/download/))
   You could also try to change the slug name of the “podcast” Feed for a test. 
   This could maybe rule out problems which could be causes by name similarities
   with folders or categories.
 * > [@ntm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ntm/) Tim, is there any possiblity
   > that having a category named podcast could interfere with the default permalink
   > scheme?
 * The only problem that I know is the case when you have a category with the name“
   podcast” and this category is a sub category of another category. In such a configuration
   you would get the category Feed instead of the category page when you would call
   that page and while a non-default Permalink scheme is active.
    [http://undeuxoutrois.de/wp/category/allgemeines/podcast/](http://undeuxoutrois.de/wp/category/allgemeines/podcast/)
   is the URL of the WP core category list widget to the category page but it opens
   the category feed (which would usually be [http://undeuxoutrois.de/wp/category/allgemeines/podcast/feed](http://undeuxoutrois.de/wp/category/allgemeines/podcast/feed)
   or [http://undeuxoutrois.de/wp/category/podcast/feed](http://undeuxoutrois.de/wp/category/podcast/feed)).
   But this special problem has most likely nothing to do with original problem 
   in Andrews blog where the original URL scheme is not working in one case while
   the non-default-Permalink-scheme-URL seems to work.
 * Try the testfeed plugin and if /?feed=testfeed1, /feed/testfeed1 and /?feed=testfeed,/
   feed/testfeed are working, try to change the slug name of the podcast Feed for
   a test.
    These test will show whether this is a problem which happens because
   of a name similarity with a folder, category or tag. And since [HTTP 403](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_403)
   is a permission error, it might be possible that this is problem caused by a 
   folder with the same name or at least a permission definition which has something
   to do with the name “podcast”. BTW: the testfeed will look like this: [http://undeuxoutrois.de/wp/?feed=testfeed1](http://undeuxoutrois.de/wp/?feed=testfeed1)
   or [http://undeuxoutrois.de/wp/feed/testfeed1](http://undeuxoutrois.de/wp/feed/testfeed1)(
   I’m using the “Day and Name” Permalink scheme.)
 * Actually, if [http://theonlypodcast.com/?feed=testfeed](http://theonlypodcast.com/?feed=testfeed)
   is not working and [http://theonlypodcast.com/feed/testfeed](http://theonlypodcast.com/feed/testfeed)
   is working (at the same time) while you are using a non-default Permalink scheme
   then it is almost certain that you should it is no problem of podPress. In this
   case you should turn off podPress and test both Feeds again to control whether
   podPress is involved somehow or not.
 * [@ray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ray/):
 * > “added Apache after Tim’s suggestion to look at your rewrite array.” Can you
   > explain how you added Apache?
 * Andrew did probably meant the
    [AskApache RewriteRules Viewer](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/askapaches-rewriterules-viewer/)
   plugin for WordPress.
 *  Thread Starter [toptm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toptm/)
 * (@toptm)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-podpress-server-returned-http-error-403-forbidden/#post-1851873)
 * Tim,
 * With podPress active, all of the URLs for both testfeed and testfeed1 work with
   a non-default permalink scheme.
 * When changed to the default scheme, only “?feed=testfeed” and “?feed=testfeed1”
   worked.
 * The same results occurred when I deactivated podPress.
 * I deleted my category “Podcasts”, just in case, before performing these tests.
   It made no diffference, as “?feed=podcast” still only works under a default scheme
   and “/feed/podcast” only works under a non-default scheme.
 * @Ray- Yes, my version of wordpress is running on Linux through the GoDaddy server.
   I was given the URL to the wp-admin login page as soon as GoDaddy confirmed my
   purchase; I never had to install wordpress. And, yes, I am running worpress’ 
   current version.
 * All of my plugins have been installed through my wordpress admin page, along 
   with all of their updates.
 * As per Tim asking, I have not downgraded podPress. Yet.
 * Also, Tim was correct in saying that I installed the AskApache RewriteRules Viewer
   plugin, not some other program with Apache as its name. Sorry for the confusion.
 * Thanks, both of you,
    Andrew
 *  Plugin Author [ntm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ntm/)
 * (@ntm)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-podpress-server-returned-http-error-403-forbidden/#post-1851875)
 * Andrew,
 * thanks for your tests and this report!
 * But with this result I need more help of you.
 * Please, change the slug name of the “podcast” Feed. For instance you could name
   it “testfeed3” (nothing with “podcast” in it). Save the Feed settings. Set the
   Permalink scheme to a non-default scheme and save this setting too.
    Does “?feed
   =testfeed3” and “/feed/testfeed3” work?
 * It would be great if you would do also a further test:
    Deactivate the new option“
   Include only posts with podPress attachments in this Feed” (since 8.8.9) of the
   podcast (or testfeed3) Feed and do not use the category and the file type filter
   of this Feed. After saving the Feed settings, the Feed should contain all blog
   posts. All Feed filters of podPress which influence the the number of posts in
   this Feed will be deactive (like in the testfeed plugin). Make sure that a non-
   default Permalink scheme is active and control both Feed URLs (e.g. “?feed=testfeed3”
   and “/feed/testfeed3”). If both Feed URLs are working in this test, the source
   of the problems is maybe a problem with the filters of podPress. If both Feed
   URLs are working then make the counter test and make the hook or cross in that
   checkbox again and control whether the previous behaviour occurs again.
 * If the renamed Feed with no filters on shows the same behaviour as the original
   podcast Feed then it would be interesting to know whether the .htaccess file 
   in the root folder of your blog (the same folder which contains the wp-config.
   php file) contains more instructions as these
 *     ```
       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /
       RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
       RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
       </IfModule>
       ```
   
 * (while the non-default Permalink scheme is active)
    Do you know how-to access
   to the file of your blog via FTP or SSH? This .htaccess file might be not visible
   by default. If you can not find it in the view of the root folder, check the 
   view settings of your FTP or SSH client program.
 * BTW: I have noticed an interesting thing.Some minutes ago I controlled the default
   podPress Feeds /?feed=podcast, /?feed=enhancedpodcast and /?feed=torrent of your
   blog. /?feed=podcast and /?feed=enhancedpodcast are not reachable (“Oops, Page
   Not Found”). But /?feed=torrent works (although it is a <channel> with no <item
   >s – no posts in the feed).
    What are the filter settings of the other two Feeds?
 * Regards,
    Tim
 *  Thread Starter [toptm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toptm/)
 * (@toptm)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-podpress-server-returned-http-error-403-forbidden/#post-1851877)
 * Tim,
 * After changing the slug name, both URLs(testfeed3) will validate. They also show
   all my blog entries when I un-check the “Include only…” option. After changing
   the slug name back to “podcast”, my initial problem resurfaces.
 * My .htaccess file does contain the instructions you have listed.
 * My enhancedpodcast feed filters are set to M4A and M4V, while my torrent feed
   is set to Torrent-P2P. I never touched either of these two feeds for as long 
   as I’ve had your plugin.
 * Thanks,
    Andrew

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