hmmmmm, interesting. That's what I use on my site but even without it I can actually see
something at the root - whereas you
can't. Try it, let's see what happens - remember to set the right permission on .htaccess though. google it, 604 I think.
I'd be interested to see what the answer is here - I was under the impression that since
easycrane.co.uk doesn't actually even show
any files, that's being itself 'pointed' at the wrong place on the server (ie not to the root of your site on that server) so even if you put a .htaccess against that root, you still wouldn't be party to the redirects in that because when you go to easycrane.co.uk you're not
at the root? so you're not at a place .htaccess 'governs' as such?
Heyho, whaddo I know.