Google Groups doesn't work
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Steven Heidel
Jun 10, 2010, 1:27:01 PM6/10/10
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When I try to subscribe to the rss/atom feed of a google groups group
(including Specto), I get the following error:
HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
Could someone point me in the right direction as to how this can be
fixed? Thanks.
(including Specto), I get the following error:
HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
Could someone point me in the right direction as to how this can be
fixed? Thanks.
Jeff Fortin
Jun 12, 2010, 4:52:41 PM6/12/10
to spe...@googlegroups.com
Hi,
I just tested, and indeed you are right, you can't point specto towards a google groups page (but why would you want to? It's a mailing list, the whole point is of subscribing to it to receive updates in the mail! :)
My guess is that Google chose to reject any user agent that is not a web browser; I just tried pointing wget at it, and it gave a 403 error (but browsers like epiphany work fine). I doubt it's something we can fix.
I just tested, and indeed you are right, you can't point specto towards a google groups page (but why would you want to? It's a mailing list, the whole point is of subscribing to it to receive updates in the mail! :)
My guess is that Google chose to reject any user agent that is not a web browser; I just tried pointing wget at it, and it gave a 403 error (but browsers like epiphany work fine). I doubt it's something we can fix.
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