ml> did you try the wget option to fake the user agent?

 TL> I tried it...I must be doing it wrong...tried -U Googlebot, which
 TL> showed up as an allowed user-agent and no go.

 ml> hummm... i've not tried a single word UA... all the ones that i do
 ml> use have double quotes around the UA string...

 TL> Ah.....let me 'spearmint' wiff dat.

 TL> Would be a handy trick to have in the ole kit bag(g).

any results to report??

)\/(ark