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Ian Jones <ian@dsl081-056-052.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net> writes:

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> Could you help a seemingly dense lurker get "W g" work for google? I
> take it there is a variable to set the user-agent string, but I can't
> find it.

(setq url-package-name "Mozilla" url-package-version "4.0") sets the
user-agent string to "Mozilla/4.0".  Maybe the hack should be set by
default for some sites.

> Or is the suggestion to use an external package like wget the fix?

I use wget because external package are faster and more reliable to
pull pages, especially for slashdot pages.

ShengHuo