Just a follow up to close my problem discussion.
The .htaccess file needed to be in the web root directory in order to redirect traffic. I was confused because the old message board software had an .htaccess in the top of the message board directory (one below the root) that was catching references and doing a cgi handler.
In any case it is working fine now. Attempts to reference the old board get redirected to the new board (different site) where the trap handler interprets them and delivers the correct thread or forum.
We had this board installed on May 22nd and will be finally going live on Sep 3rd.
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