On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Steven D'Aprano <ste...@remove.this.cybersource.com.au> wrote: > On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:38:20 -0600, Chris Mellon wrote: > >>> Why Google would deny access to services by unknown User Agents is >>> beyond me - especially since in most cases User Agents strings are not >>> strict. >> >> If you look at the actual response text and not just the error code, you >> will get a clear explanation of why you were forbidden. > > You have a funny idea of what constitutes a "clear explanation". > > > <H1>Forbidden</H1> > Your client does not have permission to get URL <code>/group/chromium- > announce/feed/rss_v2_0_msgs.xml</code> from this server. > > > That hardly explains "Why Google would deny access to services by unknown > User Agents", does it? > >
I suppose I should have checked that specific URL. The search results pages (last I checked) gave a detailed error message. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
