MLJC wrote:
You should, maybe, upgrade your Internet Explorer because the current version is Internet Explorer 6. Or you could use Netscape Navigator, or Mozilla.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Makhorin" <mao at mai2 dot rcnet dot ru>
To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 5:49 AM
Subject: is ms internet explorer 5 a spambot?
Hi,
When I tried to access messages in the cygwin mailing list archive (using ms internet explorer 5), I got the following:
Spambot detected. Hi, your web browser has triggered our spambot detection mechanism. <...>
I understand the humor. However, cygwin is intended to run under ms windows, where ie 5 is the standard web browser, isn't it?
Any suggestions?
NOTE: top posting is great thing... =)
Faulty detection of 'standard' browser as spambot is definitely 'bug' in web design.
Because it's just a application generated string that is sent to HTTP server.
Shows up bad design - nothing more, nothing less.
But I strongly suggest using Mozilla Firefox with tab and mouse gesture extensions (or Mozilla Suite if you prefer) instead of IE - you get much more out of web browsing.. And more or less important point - it's open source.
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Jani Tiainen
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