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? -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
