jdMorgan - 2:04 am on Oct 8, 2002 (gmt 0)

a htaccess that limits EVERYBODY (people, robots etc...) to lets say maximum 1000-2000 hits on my site. But not 40,000 hits!

Per-IP, quota-based blocking will require a script and possibly a database function to implement. If anyone here has already done it, I'd like to know, too. I'm pretty sure you can buy a solution, but not sure I can afford it.

However, the approach I described above based on a robots.txt trap and script-based block will probably work for you. The script I described has been posted here on WebmasterWorld.

Jim