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When I try to copy files from remote servers, some servers return quickly, but others force me to wait a long time or return nothing. Why?

May 21st, 2001 17:34
Onno Benschop, William Holt, Nathan Wallace,

I'm guessing that the sites that wait a long time are attempting to 
find out which browser you are using so they can feed you correct 
HTML/JavaScript/CSS.