Mechanize module

sanPerl has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Dear Monks,
I am trying to run following simple code from my machine

use strict;
use WWW::Mechanize;
my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new();
$mech->get("http://www.google.com");
print $mech->content();
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I am getting following error page in return (Surprisingly when I go to www.google.com through Mozilla or IE it allows me to go to it.) Any idea what has gone wrong?

The error is follows.
=======================

<H1>ERROR</H1>
<H2>Cache Access Denied</H2>
<HR noshade size="1px">
<P>
While trying to retrieve the URL:
<A HREF="http://www.google.com">http://www.google.com</A>

<P>
The following error was encountered:
<UL>
<LI>
<STRONG>
Cache Access Denied.
</STRONG>
</UL>
</P>

<P>Sorry, you are not currently allowed to request:
<PRE>    http://www.google.com</PRE>
from this cache until you have authenticated yourself.
</P>

<P>
You need to use Netscape version 2.0 or greater, or Microsoft Internet
Explorer 3.0, or an HTTP/1.1 compliant browser for this to work.  Plea
+se
contact the <A HREF="mailto:root">cache administrator</a> if you have
difficulties authenticating yourself or 
<A HREF="http://squid.YOURDOMAINHERE.com/cgi-bin/chpasswd.cgi">change<
+/a> your default password.
</P>
<BR clear="all">
<HR noshade size="1px">
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Re: Mechanize module by bart (Canon) on May 05, 2006 at 12:44 UTC
You have to pass in proxy credentials to the UA. Most likely, Mozilla and MSIE are set up to do it properly by themselves. Since WWW::Mechanize ISA LWP::UserAgent, you can use the methods as described in lwpcook, to achieve that goal.	[reply]
Re: Mechanize module by Corion (Patriarch) on May 05, 2006 at 12:09 UTC
Please read the error message you get back: Cache Access Denied. Sorry, you are not currently allowed to request: `http://www.google.com` from this cache until you have authenticated yourself. So, you will need to authenticate yourself before you can access the page.	[reply]
Re: Mechanize module by gellyfish (Monsignor) on May 05, 2006 at 12:18 UTC
This message is coming from an intervening caching proxy, you probably need to authenticate to the proxy. /J\	[reply]
Re: Mechanize module by ahmad (Hermit) on May 05, 2006 at 19:04 UTC
i think you need to set the "Agent alias" using `$mech->agent_alias( 'Windows IE 6' );` [download] so your request will appear as its comming from Internet Explorer	[reply] [d/l]