IE7 Save Site UA?

[keyplyr]

Anyone know what this new UA is when IE7 saves your site to desktop with the .mht format?

[GaryK]

I just used IE7 to save my browser project's home page to a .mht file. Then I checked the server log and the UA was the same as IE itself. I thought it was different too but I haven't had time to do any research on it. I'm officially on vacation until after the new year.

[keyplyr]

Thanks Gary. I was hoping it just wasn't my logs, but it seems there's nothing unique in the agent string to identify when users rip our websites with IE7's "Page > Save As". No way to block it.

[incrediBILL]

I never knew you could block a "save as" in the old version?

BTW, when is GaryK not officially on vacation? :)

[GaryK]

I don't have my db in front of me so this is strictly from memory: MSIECrawler. I think this confirms it [msdn.microsoft.com].

Bill, I'm not on vacation when you're not bitching about bots! :)

[incrediBILL]

I believe MSIE Crawler was the offline reading option, not a single page "Save As..." exactly. If it tried to offload a site, that can still be stopped due to speed alone.

[GaryK]

Further testing seems to confirm your belief Bill. TBH I have very little experience with IE. I only use it to test website designs and get patches from MSFT.