in httpd.conf:
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<Directory /home/richard/.WWW/html>
  Order allow,deny
 AllowOverride all
 #Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
  Allow from all
</Directory>


in httpd-vhosts.conf:
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<VirtualHost 207.158.15.37:80>
        ServerAdmin     richard@skiing-italy.com
        DocumentRoot    /home/richard/.WWW/html
        ScriptAlias     /cgi-bin/ /home/richard/.WWW/cgi-bin/
        ServerName      www.skiing-italy.com
        ErrorLog        logs/skiing-italy.com_log
        CustomLog       logs/skiing-italy.com_log common
</VirtualHost>


Error message in the log:
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[Sun Oct 08 15:19:42 2006] [error] [client 68.83.135.63] client denied by server configuration: /home/richard/.WWW/cgi-bin/formmail.pl, referer: http://www.skiing-italy.com/booking-information.php
68.83.135.63 - - [08/Oct/2006:15:19:42 -0400] "POST /cgi-bin/formmail.pl HTTP/1.1" 403 221