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Originally Posted by Jon Westfall
This software strikes me as the work of a lazy programmer...
Therefore, I think blocking them at our level is best, and moving on. I realize some people want to help us out, but I don't think Jason is ready to take it beyond a block, and I don't think it really makes much sense.
Of course, I may be wrong, and Jason may feel especially vengeful tonight :twisted:
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Sounds like a quick and dirty web scraper that someone threw together (a non-programmer type) and never took the time to check out if it was working correctly (or really didn't care). Hitting a server 37k time in a day is kind of sleazy to put it nicely. Bandwidth cost $$$$ and it's with the kindness of the host to let some bot scrape it's pages not some idiots right to do it without regard for damages done by it.
My own 2cents says just block the IP and move on. By the fact that there is no way to contact him/her/them or their offices (it they even exist) just goes to show you that the admin of MobiPockets is just an irresponsible person that doesn't care much about anything that goes on outside their own perimeter.
Jeff-