you could just change the version string linkx or lynx etl reports to the correct one... If you need some samples of version strings, I have included some below... Note, these are just grep'd from a web servers log, so They are just for information... The code that limits browsers just reads these strings, so you should be able to tell it you are a explorer or netscape... "Lynx/2.8.5dev.7 libwww-FM/2.14 SSL-MM/1.4.1 OpenSSL/0.9.7a" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT)" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; AOL 8.0; Windows NT 5.1)" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312463)" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312469)" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)" "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)" "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Yahoo! Slurp; http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/ysearch/slurp)" "SurveyBot/2.3 (Whois Source)" On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Steve Holmes wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > Why should your ISP care what you use to read your mail? Don't you use a > POP style mail client? as a Linux user, I use Fetchmail to POP all my > mail off the server at my hosting provider, ultrahost.us, Now most > people wouldn't use an arrangement like this but at the least, the ISP > makes available a mail box which you should be able to retrieve it with > a POP client of your choice. Are they screening your browser type for > all HTTP traffic and other web related services? > > Write me privatelyif you want to switch ISP's and I might be able to > sell you a new service. I resell internet services among other > telecommunication services. > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 06:02:45PM -0500, randy turner wrote: >> >> hi all >> my isp is once again going to be stupid, >> they have now made it where for the email spam filtering >> setup i have to only use one of the browsers they choose >> firefox netscape and explorer, >> otherwise it tells me that my browser is not supported. >> is there a version of firefox that does not >> have to have xwindows? >> i am sure thinking about changing isps at this point >> thanks in advance >> randy >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> > > - -- > HolmesGrown Solutions > The best solutions for the best price! > http://ld.net/?holmesgrown > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFC3Y+IWSjv55S0LfERA6vQAKCYSX4A+O5Xrw2LpHWHVPX543Se0QCgkuIx > rjkTKtRDVFXgEKYw0B1K1Tc= > =hxFf > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
