Re: [Lynx-dev] sudden site access failure:

[Karen Lewellen]

Rudy,
All of my access  to lynx is tied  to shell services.  Shellworld mainly, 
and the shell provided by dreamhost.
There is a choice in the options menu, below the send user agent check box 
that  is a field which I would have to remove and edit.
I do not run scripts  for anything, and try not to make major changes to 
config files for the services I use.
its been several   years since anyone has built  lynx for DOS which 
remains my desktop operating system.
I do have a copy of Links the chain for dos which  is a mix, mostly 
because it does not read  things as fluidly.
So for those not using a script, as Rudy does, would my testing the user 
agent be a firm change if not written to disc?
I have no access to the lynx.cfg files on my dreamhost shell, the place 
where I would  be doing this test.
Thanks,
Karen



On Sat, 13 Nov 2021, Rudy Vener wrote:

> >         realclearpolitics.com
> > Message-ID:
> >         <Pine.LNX.4.64.2111121843100.1976823@server2.shellworld.net>
> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
>
> Hi Karen,
> By default, lynx doesn't save the User Agent string in .lynxrc. This
> could be changed in lynx.cfg, but I just call lynx from
> a script in ~/bin/lynx like this:
> /usr/local/bin/lynx-2.9.0-dev9 -useragent="Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 
> Mach-O; XH; rv:8.578.498) fr, Gecko/20121021 Camino/8.723+ (Firefox compatible 
> Lynx)" $*
>
> Rudy
>
> > From: Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net>
> >
> > Hi Rudy, everyone.
> > Is the user agent header field saved when changed, if one chooses the
> > write  options to disc  selection?
> > I want to test Rudy's  user agent on my office shell,  and as that does
> > not seem to be a cut  / paste box, wanted to ask before I try and work on
> > this.
> > Thanks,
> > Karen
>
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