You should be able to do that using the admin tools from the host. They've dumbed it down pretty well so its just an interface these days. You shouldn't have to add the 301 record manually.
But if you have a page, javascript is the easiest way.
<%
response.setStatus(301);
response.setHeader( "Location", "http://www.new-url.com/" );
response.setHeader( "Connection", "close" );
%>
I will try that. I was trying to do it through the .htaccess file.
V8, I am assuming the javascript goes in the body. is that correct?