Index: .htaccess
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/.htaccess,v
retrieving revision 1.78
diff -u -F^f -r1.78 .htaccess
--- .htaccess	29 Nov 2006 06:16:14 -0000	1.78
+++ .htaccess	20 Dec 2006 22:04:20 -0000
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@
   Order allow,deny
 </FilesMatch>
 
+# The following line prevents Drupal's 404 handler from kicking when certain types of files are found.
+# This saves both server and bandwidth resources
+<FilesMatch "\.(png|gif|s?html|jpe?g|css|js|cgi|ico|swf|flv)$">
+  ErrorDocument 404 default
+</FilesMatch>
+
 # Don't show directory listings for URLs which map to a directory.
 Options -Indexes
 
@@ -82,6 +88,8 @@
   #RewriteRule module.php index.php?q=%1 [L]
 
   # Rewrite current-style URLs of the form 'index.php?q=x'.
+  
+  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.(png|gif|s?html|jpe?g|css|js|cgi|ico|swf|flv)$
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
   RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]