Re: lynx-dev user agent when running lynx via crontab entry?

[Klaus Weide]

On Sat, 10 Jul 1999, David Woolley wrote:

> > 
> > Funny ... I've been accessing the imdb for several years with lynx, and
> > never had a problem with being blocked, or needing to spoof the agent
> > field.
> 
> I didn't say they blocked Lynx, but there is a real risk that they
> may in future; they do claim to block IE4 when it is in subscription
> fetch mode.

What makes you think a significant percentage of lynx accesses to the
site is in a comparable mode?  Or, more important, why would IMDB
folks think that?

So far there has been a lot of speculation in this thread based on
unstated or unverified assumptions.  (Starting with the very beginning,
the assumption that unser-agent had anything to do with anything.)

   Klaus