Wordpress in root

[eluser]adammm[/eluser]
Hi,

I have searched the forums and found numerous topics on this same issue, however I just can not get this to work.

I have wordpress installed in the root directory.

I want to install a CI custom script in /newsletter

I have managed to get this working by adding a rewriteurl before the wordpress htaccess

However as soon as i add a .htaccess file in /newsletter wordpress then trys to run the url.

I want to password protect the CI directory /newsletter

any help would be appreciated