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IE configured to use a proxy or something?
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Re^4: WWW::Mechanize can't GET; no helpful error message comes back
by PerlSufi (Friar) on Jun 07, 2013 at 15:54 UTC
    If that's the case, the only other thing I can think of is 
    $ua->no_proxy();

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      That doesn't help either if the OP is behind a firewall and needs to use a proxy.
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Re^4: WWW::Mechanize can't GET; no helpful error message comes back
by SamCG (Hermit) on Jun 06, 2013 at 18:04 UTC
    Likely it is. Ugh, now I have to remember how to figure out how to get around that... hmmm...



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    s''limp';@p=split '!','n!h!p!';s,m,s,;$s=y;$c=slice @p1;so brutally;d;$n=reverse;$c=$s**$#p;print(''.$c^chop($n))while($c/=$#p)>=1;
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Re^4: WWW::Mechanize can't GET; no helpful error message comes back
by PerlSufi (Friar) on Jun 06, 2013 at 18:29 UTC
    it worked for me doing this: 
    use WWW::Mechanize;

my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new();
$mech->get ('http://google.com');
my $content = $mech->content;
print $content;

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    I don't think it is necessary to put the 'or die "Can't create mech" part? Also,I have a brief tutorial that I have requested for comment using WWW::Mechanize that is in the meditations section
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      That doesn't fix anything if a proxy is involved. See the LWP::UserAgent proxy() and env_proxy() methods.
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