Help with .htaccess redirecting with access to original directories.

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Hi I'm really stuck with an .htaccess problem and wondered if anyone could help? I have a url on a server which needs to redirect to another url on a different server. Three directories from the original url need to be accessed so no divert.

What I have tried:

I have tried the following:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
Rewritecond %{http_host} ^originalurl\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}!^/(downloads|Footer|newsletters)/ [NC]
Rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://newurl.info/$1 [L,R=301]

The divert does not occur and and access to the directories gives an error. The following version works ok but with only one directory access rather than three.


Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule !^downloads($|/) http://www.newurl.info/ [L,R=301]

Any help would be very much appreciated.