Re: OT: Site Downloaders

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 42211
interpreted = N
texte = Lester Emo wrote: > Is there a way to prevent a program like Offline Explorer > by MetaProducts.com to suck up every page linked in a > site and download it to a persons computer??? > If your site is set up properly, any page with webdna will not be served up except through WebCat itself (hence processed). Any actively generated site can be spidered as long as the spider can generate the appropriate links. There is nothing you can do about it, since the spiders can ignore the ROBOTS file and pretend they are an ordinary browser.John ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: OT: Site Downloaders (Kenneth Grome 2002)
  2. Re: OT: Site Downloaders (John Peacock 2002)
  3. Re: OT: Site Downloaders (Glenn Busbin 2002)
  4. OT: Site Downloaders (Lester Emo 2002)
Lester Emo wrote: > Is there a way to prevent a program like Offline Explorer > by MetaProducts.com to suck up every page linked in a > site and download it to a persons computer??? > If your site is set up properly, any page with webdna will not be served up except through WebCat itself (hence processed). Any actively generated site can be spidered as long as the spider can generate the appropriate links. There is nothing you can do about it, since the spiders can ignore the ROBOTS file and pretend they are an ordinary browser.John ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ John Peacock

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