"You should avoid using .htaccess files completely if you have access to httpd main server config file...Any directive that you can include in a .htaccess file is better set in a Directory block, as it will have the same effect with better performance."
Regarding the Breakup Notifier reliability:
"I had my boyfriend test it out by changing his status several times waiting about 10 minutes in between, and I never received an email notification. The site supposedly crawls Facebook every ten minutes for changes so it shouldn’t take long to be notified."
"You should avoid using .htaccess files completely if you have access to httpd main server config file...Any directive that you can include in a .htaccess file is better set in a Directory block, as it will have the same effect with better performance."
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/howto/htaccess.html