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

[Rudy Vener]

Hi Karen,
No. Here's what I get:
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On Sat, Nov 13, 2021 at 09:47:42PM -0500, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> Rudy,
> When you use your user agent and visit
> m.fanfiction.net
> Are you presented with cloudflare?
> Karen
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, 13 Nov 2021, Rudy Vener wrote:
> 
> > Hi Karen,
> > The standard default is not to save the user agent string to the .lynxrc 
> > file.
> > And even if you change the user agent during one session, it wouldn't 
> > overwrite
> > your current .lynxrc file unless you save the changes.
> > 
> > The flip side of this is that you have to enter a new user agent string 
> > each time you run lynx.
> > That's the main reason I use my own lynx script.
> > 
> > On the other hand, you can use an alias:
> > alias lynx="lynx -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)\"  "
> > and lynx will  use that user agent string for the life of the shell session.
> > 
> > When you are done, then
> > unalias lynx
> > will return everything back to normal.
> > 
> > Caveat. All my examples are for the ksh shell. I know most people use bash, 
> > but
> > I'm not familiar with it.
> > 
> > Rudy
> > On Sat, Nov 13, 2021 at 07:49:15PM -0500, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> > > 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
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > --
> > > > Rudy Vener
> > > > Website: http://www.rudyvener.com
> > > > Twitter: https://twitter.com/RudySalt
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Rudy Vener
> > Website: http://www.rudyvener.com
> > Twitter: https://twitter.com/RudySalt
> > 
> > 

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