Re: http://gcc.gnu.org is turning away MS Internet Explorer 5

2005-09-01 Thread James E Wilson
Mike Ainley wrote: > This web site is turning away Microsoft Internet Explorer 5. Are you using a download accelerator? The gcc.gnu.org site refuses most of them, as they cause load issues on our server. They are also popular with spammers, who use them for spam bots. The message you are seeing

Re: http://gcc.gnu.org is turning away MS Internet Explorer 5

2005-08-29 Thread Jonathan Wilson
I just tried with Internet Explorer 6 (as installed by Windows XP Service Pack 2) and it worked just fine. Did you try another browser (e.g. Mozilla or Firefox)?

http://gcc.gnu.org is turning away MS Internet Explorer 5

2005-08-29 Thread Mike Ainley
Sirs, This web site is turning away Microsoft Internet Explorer 5. Following this link http://gcc.gnu.org from Mandriva's web site at http://www.mandriva.com/products/101/powerpack/packages?p=media-main2-gc c-3.4.1-4mdk.i586.rpm.html results in the Spam Bot page at http://sourceware.org/badsp