Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <40D17439.1060008@f-m.fm> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 03:36:41 -0700 From: Lex Ein User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: is ms internet explorer 5 a spambot? References: <000901c45450$8b0b31a0$9982763e AT int4283546> <003c01c45452$a25d2000$54e2e440 AT CompaqPresario6000> <40D17076 DOT 3010909 AT luukku DOT com> In-Reply-To: <40D17076.3010909@luukku.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes >>> 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? The fine Opera browser also works with the archives, and can be quick-preference set to identify as other browsers. If you must use IE and happen to browse promiscuously, do run cwshredder to eliminate a particularly pernicious browser-helper-object. I'm just saying. http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html Okay, NOW we're off the rigidly defined Cygwin topic, but it was short, wasn't it? L1 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/