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#24850 AdminTools blocks wget: no cronjob AcyMailing

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Latest post by on Sunday, 01 May 2016 17:20 CDT

Friday, 01 April 2016 04:52 CDT

yolknet
By default AdminTools blocks user agents that use the "wget" command. This means we can't use the cronjob that AcyMailing needs to auto-send newsletters. We only need it for this component.
I guess wget is in the list with blocked user agents for a reason, so my question is: should I remove "wget" from the list or is there another way to make the cronjob work without wget?

Friday, 01 April 2016 05:10 CDT

tampe125
Hello,

wget is blocked by default since it could be used to perform automated attacks.
You can remove it from the list of User Agent if you truly need to contact your site using Wget (as in your case using AcyMailing)

Davide Tampellini

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Friday, 01 April 2016 08:08 CDT

yolknet
Thank you Davide. I understand by removing Wget the webiste is less secure. Just to send mailings. Not the most ideal situation. Is there a workaround to use the AcyMaillings cronjob and still block Wget?

Friday, 01 April 2016 08:14 CDT

tampe125
Maybe if you can set an User Agent while running the Wget command it shouldn't be blocked, but I'm not 100% sure about that.

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

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Friday, 01 April 2016 08:29 CDT

yolknet
That's my question Davide. Is there a way to do run the cronjob without Wget?

Friday, 01 April 2016 08:30 CDT

tampe125
As far I know, no. But you should ask AcyMailing support if there is a workaround for that

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

🇮🇹Italian: native 🇬🇧English: good • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Rome (UTC +1)
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Sunday, 01 May 2016 17:20 CDT

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