prevent bandwidth steal

[orange08]

to prevent bandwidth steal, i have coded

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?mysite.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .(gif|jpg)$ - [F]

 

in my .htaccess.

 

then, i try to link mysite's image from email, but it can be linked successfully...

 

so that's meant my above code take no effect, right?

 

so, how can i debug it?

 

thanks!

[trq]

Accessing your images is exactly the same as using a browser to link to your images. The code you have would prevent people making links like <img src="http://yoursite.com/image.jpg"/> on there sites.