Re: lynx - not all sites readable
On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 10:18:59PM +0200, Hans wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> can someone explain, why lynx sometimes forbid websites or supresses websites?
>
> I needed a driver from Nvidia. As I had no X available, I tried download using
> lynx.
Many sites block lynx, because it can be used as a crawler.
Sometimes it helps to obscure the user-agent: I stick hyphens in
in the word "lynx" there and it helps. Not really lying...just
not telling the truth {-; .
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Dave Williams dnw@eskimo.com
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