Cannot access DCUM on Treo

[Anonymous]

(Of course, I guess that could be seen as a blessing.) It used to work, but lately I get a message saying I don't have permission to access that server.

[jsteele]

Can you access the home page? Your Treo is probably getting caught by a spam defense, but I'll have to figure out if it is due to ip number or something else.

Try connecting to this page with your Treo and I can gather information for debugging (all I will get in your IP address and "user agent" --which is the browser type):

www.steele.com/test.html

[jsteele]

I didn't realize that you had connected to the test page. I just noticed that you had and I can see what the problem is. Your Treo identifies itself as being compatible with Windows 98. That triggers one of my spam defenses which blocks Windows 98. Many spammers use Windows 98 computers that they have hijacked, or use spam program that identify themselves as Windows 98. Is it possible that there is a software update for your Treo that you could apply? I can't believe that any modern web browser would want to claim that it is Windows 98 compatible given how old that system is.

[Anonymous]

It's a vintage phone! Thanks for identifying the problem. I'll look into it.