title: RewriteRule containing dots does not work
body: <p>I have a simple rewrite rule to correct some 404s on a site I work on, but the redirect is not functioning correctly. I am trying to redirect www.site.com/eve.. to www.site.com/ with any the below (each tried separately):</p>
  
  <pre><code>RewriteRule ^eve..$ http://www.site.com/ [R=301,L]
  RewriteRule ^eve.. http://www.site.com/ [R=301,L]
  RewriteRule ^eve\.\.$ http://www.site.com/ [R=301,L]
  RewriteRule ^eve\.\. http://www.site.com/ [R=301,L]
  RewriteRule ^eve\.\./?$ http://www.site.com/ [R=301,L,NC]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>None are successful. However the following does work:</p>
  
  <pre><code>RewriteRule ^eve http://www.site.com/ [R=301,L]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But this rule is too generic and I want to exactly match the redirects to prevent future issues.
  what is wrong with my attempts to redirect the exact URL?</p>
  
  <p>Thank you</p>