Re: lynx - not all sites readable

From	jeremy bentham <dnw@eskimo.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: lynx - not all sites readable
Date	2016-09-16 04:50 +0200
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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 {-; .

-- 
 Dave Williams         dnw@eskimo.com

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lynx - not all sites readable Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2016-09-14 22:20 +0200
  Re: lynx - not all sites readable Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2016-09-14 22:30 +0200
    Re: lynx - not all sites readable Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-15 01:20 +0200
      Re: lynx - not all sites readable Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net> - 2016-09-15 02:10 +0200
        Re: lynx - not all sites readable Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2016-09-15 08:40 +0200
          Re: lynx - not all sites readable Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net> - 2016-09-15 16:40 +0200
            Re: lynx - not all sites readable Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2016-09-15 16:50 +0200
              Re: lynx - not all sites readable Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net> - 2016-09-15 17:00 +0200
              Re: lynx - not all sites readable davidson@freevolt.org - 2016-09-16 02:10 +0200
  Re: lynx - not all sites readable Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2016-09-14 23:10 +0200
    Re: lynx - not all sites readable Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2016-09-14 23:50 +0200
      Re: lynx - not all sites readable David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-09-15 02:10 +0200
      Re: lynx - not all sites readable Andre Majorel <aym-naibed@teaser.fr> - 2016-09-15 10:50 +0200
        Re: lynx - not all sites readable Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2016-09-15 11:10 +0200
          Re: lynx - not all sites readable Andre Majorel <aym-naibed@teaser.fr> - 2016-09-15 12:20 +0200
          Re: lynx - not all sites readable David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-09-15 18:50 +0200
        Re: lynx - not all sites readable Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2016-09-15 12:00 +0200
        Re: lynx - not all sites readable Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2016-09-15 12:40 +0200
          Re: lynx - not all sites readable Dutch Ingraham <stoa@gmx.us> - 2016-09-15 22:40 +0200
            Re: lynx - not all sites readable Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2016-09-16 11:40 +0200
            Re: lynx - not all sites readable Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2016-09-16 12:30 +0200
        Re: lynx - not all sites readable Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net> - 2016-09-15 15:50 +0200
          Re: lynx - not all sites readable Dutch Ingraham <stoa@gmx.us> - 2016-09-15 17:30 +0200
            Links browser, was  lynx - not all sites readable Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net> - 2016-09-15 22:50 +0200
              Re: Links browser, was  lynx - not all sites readable Dutch Ingraham <stoa@gmx.us> - 2016-09-16 00:10 +0200
                Re: Links browser, was  lynx - not all sites readable Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net> - 2016-09-16 01:00 +0200
                Re: Links browser, was  lynx - not all sites readable Dutch Ingraham <stoa@gmx.us> - 2016-09-16 01:40 +0200
                Re: Links browser, was  lynx - not all sites readable Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net> - 2016-09-16 02:00 +0200
                Re: Links browser, was  lynx - not all sites readable Dutch Ingraham <stoa@gmx.us> - 2016-09-16 02:50 +0200
                Re: Links browser, was  lynx - not all sites readable Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net> - 2016-09-16 04:50 +0200
                Re: Links browser, was  lynx - not all sites readable Dutch Ingraham <stoa@gmx.us> - 2016-09-16 05:10 +0200
                Re: Links browser, was lynx - not all sites readable Johann Spies <johann.spies@gmail.com> - 2016-09-22 09:10 +0200
    Re: lynx - not all sites readable Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-09-15 14:20 +0200
      Re: lynx - not all sites readable Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net> - 2016-09-15 16:10 +0200
  Re: lynx - not all sites readable Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2016-09-14 23:10 +0200
  Re: lynx - not all sites readable emetib <chadbrabec@gmail.com> - 2016-09-15 01:40 +0200
  Re: lynx - not all sites readable jeremy bentham <dnw@eskimo.com> - 2016-09-16 04:50 +0200

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