The following script fails: 
use WWW::Mechanize;
use strict;
use warnings;

my $browser = WWW::Mechanize->new();

my $url = 'http://119.167.217.206:19765/ppvaplaybyopen?url=http://119.
+167.217.206/%d3%e9%c0%d6%b0%d9%b7%d6%b0%d9-100803-%d0%a1%d6%ed%bd%dc%
+c2%d7%b7%d6%d7%e9%d0%e3%c7%f2%bc%bc.mp4/segno=0%26&rid=A8F1F5DFEB1B11
+F1D90B40AD1BB75D69&filelength=21293994&blocksize=2097152&blocknum=11&
+blockmd5=E210862B3F92935D0883E00AA2A38F08@D793599727C6DA4ACDB1CBF2235
+004AC@D5E9C9245C9A1BB63BC5EDA862A32604@51B5FDF91356B2B4E943EF72648EB0
+AD@6F2400488B04EBF66A60336B795EA142@8E51B8DCF87A7A02B84A2CAA5FFCA3CF@
+89080D683268481694DBA6D1E22A2EFF@8F56225C76854A434385A09C319BF9C3@9AB
+0A3F199183F479F8887D1C3341B1B@845FE0D711086CC2D086546CD26B35C1@9D93A9
+BE1D2EDE216AA9EBF26BF414BE';

$browser->get($url);

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While Win32::IE::Mechanize successfully fetched the file: 
use Win32::IE::Mechanize;
use strict;
use warnings;

my $browser = Win32::IE::Mechanize->new(visible=>0);

my $url = 'http://119.167.217.206:19765/ppvaplaybyopen?url=http://119.
+167.217.206/%d3%e9%c0%d6%b0%d9%b7%d6%b0%d9-100803-%d0%a1%d6%ed%bd%dc%
+c2%d7%b7%d6%d7%e9%d0%e3%c7%f2%bc%bc.mp4/segno=0%26&rid=A8F1F5DFEB1B11
+F1D90B40AD1BB75D69&filelength=21293994&blocksize=2097152&blocknum=11&
+blockmd5=E210862B3F92935D0883E00AA2A38F08@D793599727C6DA4ACDB1CBF2235
+004AC@D5E9C9245C9A1BB63BC5EDA862A32604@51B5FDF91356B2B4E943EF72648EB0
+AD@6F2400488B04EBF66A60336B795EA142@8E51B8DCF87A7A02B84A2CAA5FFCA3CF@
+89080D683268481694DBA6D1E22A2EFF@8F56225C76854A434385A09C319BF9C3@9AB
+0A3F199183F479F8887D1C3341B1B@845FE0D711086CC2D086546CD26B35C1@9D93A9
+BE1D2EDE216AA9EBF26BF414BE';


$browser->get($url);

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The file fetch also works as expected with IE and FF when I have disabled Javascript in them.

Any idea why WWW::Mechanize fails to fetch the file?

Thanks in advance :)

In reply to Why this file fetch fails with WWW::Mechanize? by ZJ.Mike.2009

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