SEO and 403 Status Codes

Soldato
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Hi,

If a page, indexed by google is returning a 403 code will this page eventually be removed from google?

I have old pages indexed in Google that are ASP.NET, the new site uses mod-rewite and PHP - thus I'm getting a 403 error for requests for .aspx pages. Turning off Options -indexes gives a 500 error.

I have tried setting up individual 301 redirects in my htacess file, but the 403 error is being thrown before these get read.

Any ideas, as ideally I'd be wanting to give a 404 or 301 status code for pages that I want removing from Google?

Thanks
 
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