Does This Actually Work

Using .htaccess to block spambots

[Oaf357]

SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent ".*Indy Library.*" spambot=1
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent ".*IUPUI Research Bot.*" spambot=2

<Limit GET POST PUT>
Order allow,deny
deny from env=spambot
allow from all
</Limit>

I'm thinking something is not right with this. If so please help me out. If there is a better way to do this with .htaccess let me know. Thanks.

[DaveAtIFG]

I think you could probably get something like this working but why not use the "Close to perfect .htaccess ban list [webmasterworld.com]."

[jatar_k]

or maybe take a look at
Blocking badly behaved runaway WebCrawlers [webmasterworld.com]

[jdMorgan]

... and this one and its parent threads: Ban malicious bots [webmasterworld.com]

Jim