Hello,

I have this rewrite rule.

rewrite ^(.+)$ $url? permanent;

where $url is "http://example.com/ez/ciaapkznke/&subid1=1&lnkurl=http://www.someotherwebsite.com/books%3Faffid%3Dtyroo%26cmpid%3Daffiliate_promo_tyroo"

However its redirected to

where $url is "http://example.com/ez/ciaapkznke/&subid1=1&lnkurl=http://www.someotherwebsite.com/books?affid%3Dtyroo%26cmpid%3Daffiliate_promo_tyroo"

%3F got changed to ? which i dont intend to...

Any help?