[Bob_R]

Originally Posted by y2ksw

This is simply impossible. If you show a hotlink image to other sites, your site must remain unaffected. This is a server issue and must be setup correctly in the .htaccess file, and never was an issue with the mod.

If the offending site gets a blank screen, then definitively your hotlink formula isn't working. Get Firebug for Firefox and check the response on the "missing" image, I'm almost 100% sure it's an error 5xx, which translates in a scripting error in .htaccess.

The mod does only download images from other sites, and if they have hotlinking images, it will download those, unless you have them excluded = ignored

Here's my .htaccess in regards to this situation

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www\.)?domain.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www\.)?domain.com/forums [NC]
RewriteRule \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif)$ - [NC,F,L]