Re: downloading list archive mboxes

On Sat, Jun 25, 2022 at 09:30:48PM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> Um, that's not trying the mbox though? If I use that very command but put
> in /mbox/ instead of /flat/ it works for me.

You're right - evidently I got confused while adding in user:pass to re-test.

> wget --auth-no-challenge
> https://archives:antispam@www.postgresql.org/message-id/mbox/126b4480-359c-b745-a713-336ae96d1936%40inbox.ru

Thanks.

> > If it had responded with HTTP 403, wget would've retried with basic
> > authentication (I think it's deliberate and even suggested by RFC to
> > initially
> > attempt without sending a password, even if one is available).
> 
> Yes, but AFAIK it would now no longer work at all for community
> authentication because it would pop up a basic auth prompt there, no?

Yeah, I wasn't suggesting to change it (back) but just point out the mechanism
behind the behavior.  Which we seem to agree on.

Thanks,
-- 
Justin