mod_rewrite rule does not work

I have started using mod_rewrite through .htaccess but some of the
RewriteRules will not work. My .htaccess is in the root of the website and
the content is:

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IndexIgnore *
RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^insurancepolicy/?$
php/docs/Short-Term_Insurance_Policy_Summary.pdf
RewriteRule ^sowing-resource-catalog/?$
php/docs/Sowing_Resource_Catalogue.pdf
#THESE 2 RULES WORK FINE!!

RewriteRule story\.php.*http - [F]
#this should block: http://www.domain.com/php/story.php?...mespamsite.com
#BUT DOES NOT WORK :(

RewriteRule email\.php.*http - [F]
#this should block:
http://www.domain.com/php/email.php?...mespamsite.com
#BUT DOES NOT WORK :(
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Any ideas why the two last ones don't work? I have tried all kinds of
different ways of writing the regular expression, even tried putting them in
an .htaccess file within the /php folder - but to no avail! HELP!

Allan

"Frowning Freezer" <pub1@hverdag.dk> wrote in message
news:484e6450@news.broadpark.no...
>I have started using mod_rewrite through .htaccess but some of the
>RewriteRules will not work. My .htaccess is in the root of the website and
>the content is:
<SNIP>
> RewriteRule story\.php.*http - [F]
> #this should block:
> http://www.domain.com/php/story.php?...mespamsite.com
> #BUT DOES NOT WORK :(
>
> RewriteRule email\.php.*http - [F]
> #this should block:
> http://www.domain.com/php/email.php?...mespamsite.com
> #BUT DOES NOT WORK :(
> -------------------------------------------
>
> Any ideas why the two last ones don't work?

It doesn't work because the query string (the question mark and everything
after it) is not part of the URI you are trying to match, try
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} http
RewriteRule story\.php - [F]

and
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} http
RewriteRule email\.php - [F]

>>I have started using mod_rewrite through .htaccess but some of the
>>RewriteRules will not work. My .htaccess is in the root of the website and
>>the content is:
> <SNIP>
>> RewriteRule story\.php.*http - [F]
>> #this should block:
>> http://www.domain.com/php/story.php?...mespamsite.com
>> #BUT DOES NOT WORK :(
>>
>> RewriteRule email\.php.*http - [F]
>> #this should block:
>> http://www.domain.com/php/email.php?...mespamsite.com
>> #BUT DOES NOT WORK :(
>> -------------------------------------------
>>
>> Any ideas why the two last ones don't work?
>
> It doesn't work because the query string (the question mark and everything
> after it) is not part of the URI you are trying to match, try
> RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} http
> RewriteRule story\.php - [F]

Oh my, that's a bummer - had neither expected that or read that anywhere!
Then I better understand why nothing worked. But is it then not possible to
use data from the query string in the substitution string??

Allan

"Frowning Freezer" <pub1@hverdag.dk> wrote in message
news:484e6b3b@news.broadpark.no...
>>>I have started using mod_rewrite through .htaccess but some of the
>>>RewriteRules will not work. My .htaccess is in the root of the website
>>>and the content is:
>> <SNIP>
>>> RewriteRule story\.php.*http - [F]
>>> #this should block:
>>> http://www.domain.com/php/story.php?...mespamsite.com
>>> #BUT DOES NOT WORK :(
>>>
>>> RewriteRule email\.php.*http - [F]
>>> #this should block:
>>> http://www.domain.com/php/email.php?...mespamsite.com
>>> #BUT DOES NOT WORK :(
>>> -------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Any ideas why the two last ones don't work?
>>
>> It doesn't work because the query string (the question mark and
>> everything after it) is not part of the URI you are trying to match, try
>> RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} http
>> RewriteRule story\.php - [F]
>
> Oh my, that's a bummer - had neither expected that or read that anywhere!
> Then I better understand why nothing worked. But is it then not possible
> to use data from the query string in the substitution string??
>
see here:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod...ml#rewritecond
RewriteCond backreferences

as am example, if you have:
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)$
then you can specify %1 in the rule substitution for the entire query string