On 28 Jun 2001 boltthrower_at_libero.it wrote:

> I think if curl has to be an automated UA it should behave like a
> "normal" UA (like IE);

curl does not have to be "an automated UA". curl is a tool for URL transfers,
that can behave like "normal" UAs very well. If IE is a normal UA or not
could be a subject for discussion, but let's keep that someplace else.

One particular area it can't play like IE, is NTLM authentication.

> I have this proxy-firewall allowing IE but not curl to pass through, so
> I'm asking (also myself) which other parameter, apart from the UA string,
> could be necessary to set

If you would show us what headers or responses you get, we might be able to
guess. There are MS-proxies that require NTLM, make sure yours doesn't.

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     Daniel Stenberg -- curl dude -- http://curl.haxx.se/