>>> Is it possible to disable / ignore / redirect all URLs
>>> with any query string? My site doesn't use query strings,
>>> and is suffering from blog spam links
>>> ...

>> server {
>> if ($args != '') {
>> return 301 $uri;
>
> This will not work for complex $uri which requires encoding.
>
>> # OR
>> # rewrite ^ $uri permanent;
>
> Correct rewrite would be
>
> rewrite ^(.*) $1? permanent;
>
> ($1 instead of $uri to make sure it will be properly escaped, and
> "?" to avoid query string append).

Thanks so much, Igor & Maxim!

I went with:

server {
... some earlier directives
if ($args != '') {
rewrite ^(.*) $1? permanent;
... more directives follow
}

and it works like a charm. Those blog spam links
will be gone in no time! Thank you!!

Sincerely,

Miles




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