Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/06/17/06:20:50
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.
--
Jani Tiainen
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