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...g the history. Since RSS readers (and most scrapers in general) are likely to be run periodically, mechanize should try to maintain this kind of state between runs, don''t you think? You might see a patch from me, unless someone beats me to it. [1] http://fishbowl.pastiche.org/2002/10/21/http_conditional_get_for_rss_hackers -- epistemological humility Chris Riddoch