gcc.gnu.org and IBrowse ("spambot detected" problem)

[Joe Buck]

On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 01:11:31PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> Although I was tempted to just block anything with the string "Amiga"
> in it, I relented and removed IBrowse from the list of blocked
> user agents.

I don't understand the rationale for blocking anything based on the user
agent string; after all, the bad guys can just change it.