Re: SOP for WebDNA talk - MSNBot Crashing
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2004
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 57801
interpreted = N
texte = Can you do a redirect for MSNBots, something like: [showif [browsername]^MSNBOT] [redirect (to a static sitemap that has no links & doesn't carry the [cart])] [/showif] Not sure if that would rectify the problem, just thinking out loud.... GK At 11:37 AM 5/13/2004, you wrote: >Scott, > >This looks like what I experienced last week. I tracked the cart problems >down to MSNBot which was flooding the shopping cart folder with carts. Many >of the carts had file names that where hundreds of characters long. That was >partly due to the way I handle cart naming for repeat customers. > >MSNBot is beta. I think it is flawed. MSN insists that it's just >sophisticated. And perhaps it is WebDNA that is flawed. > >There may be some truth to that. Large volumes of carts or long file names >for carts should not cause Webcatalog to crash, but it does... And with >great frequency and predictability. > >So Scott, if there is anything that you can do to stop this crashing >behavior displayed when MSNBot floods our servers it would be greatly >appreciated. > >Crashes occur on 4.5.1, 5.0.1 and 6 > >Thanks, Paul ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Can you do a redirect for MSNBots, something like: [showif [browsername]^MSNBOT] [redirect (to a static sitemap that has no links & doesn't carry the [cart])] [/showif] Not sure if that would rectify the problem, just thinking out loud.... GK At 11:37 AM 5/13/2004, you wrote: >Scott, > >This looks like what I experienced last week. I tracked the cart problems >down to MSNBot which was flooding the shopping cart folder with carts. Many >of the carts had file names that where hundreds of characters long. That was >partly due to the way I handle cart naming for repeat customers. > >MSNBot is beta. I think it is flawed. MSN insists that it's just >sophisticated. And perhaps it is WebDNA that is flawed. > >There may be some truth to that. Large volumes of carts or long file names >for carts should not cause Webcatalog to crash, but it does... And with >great frequency and predictability. > >So Scott, if there is anything that you can do to stop this crashing >behavior displayed when MSNBot floods our servers it would be greatly >appreciated. > >Crashes occur on 4.5.1, 5.0.1 and 6 > >Thanks, Paul ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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