You would not have the same culture as our friend Mosher which provided the download without having to make a register in your forum ozzy47?

Nope, sorry, registering is the only option at this time.

Come on guys, it's not a secret, all you have to do is visit a site that you think has a better spiders list than you and add this after their forum folder /includes/xml/spiders_vbulletin.xml Hit enter and there you have it!

Jeeez does no one learn anything about the forums they run? :(

Sure you could do something like that, but in my opinion that would be a bit raw, I spent alot of time updating the list, and all I ask is for 30 + seconds to register and download the list.

Chris, thats not an attack on you, i'm simply pointing out they have options, if you want to pm me i'll tell you how to prevent that.

If you check you'll see that i registered at your site, that was the option i chose. :)

I know that was not a attack on me, I was just throwing that out there for anyone that may read your post, and think about going that route.

And yes I did see you registered, I do kinda watch everything. :)

Why does someone have to PM you for the answer? Isn't that like asking someone to register?

Everyone's /includes/ directory should be password protected to begin with. For those with apache an .htaccess password is the best way.

Those with cpanel will have a "Password Protect Directory" icon and they can follow the directions to password protect their /includes/ directory. The username/password should be as difficult as possible because no one (including the admin) will ever need to use it. There is no reason anyone should ever have to browse the /includes/ folder and it won't stop the forum from working.

Without cpanel there are plenty of how-tos on Google on how to setup an .htaccess password.

While at it I suggest password protecting your /admincp/ directory too- however this one you will need to give the username/password to any other Admins on your site. Having this can prevent a lot of hacks/security risks from being as damaging as they could be.

Ok, well the easiest way is to simply change the permissions for the file if they don't want to go to the trouble of .htaccess or password protecting folders.

Something wrong with your site ozzy.
I cant register and get the spiders list.

Means something in your user agent string is on the ban list Pal.