Which user-agent strings identify MailRUBot?

The following user-agent strings identify MailRUBot: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Linux x86_64; Mail.RU_Bot/2.0; +http://go.mail.ru/help/robots).

Does MailRUBot respect robots.txt rules?

Yes, MailRUBot respects robots.txt directives according to official documentation.

How can I verify MailRUBot traffic with live traffic data?

You can verify MailRUBot requests by checking your server access logs for the documented user-agent strings. For accurate verification, correlate user-agent patterns with IP ranges or verification methods provided by Mail Russia.

What is MailRUBot?

Direct Answer: MailRUBot is a bot operated by Mail Russia, used for fetching mail on behalf of the Mail.ru email service.

Operator: Mail Russia Type: Social Media Bot Purpose: Mail fetching for email service

The MailRUBot is a mail fetcher bot operated by Mail Russia. It is used on behalf of the Mail.ru email service. The bot's user-agent string is 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Linux x86_64; Mail.RU_Bot/2.0; +http://go.mail.ru/help/robots)'.

User-Agent Identification

The following user-agent strings identify MailRUBot in your live traffic data:

Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Linux x86_64; Mail.RU_Bot/2.0; +http://go.mail.ru/help/robots)

robots.txt Rules for MailRUBot

Respects robots.txt: Yes

Use the following robots.txt rules to control MailRUBot access:

# Block MailRUBot
User-agent: Mail.RU_Bot
Disallow: /

# Allow MailRUBot
User-agent: Mail.RU_Bot
Allow: /

Robots.txt is a directive, not a barrier

Mail Russia states that MailRUBot respects robots.txt. However, configuration mistakes, caching delays, and edge cases mean your directives may not always be followed as expected. Live traffic verification confirms whether MailRUBot actually obeys your rules in practice.

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Crawl Behavior

Frequency:Not Documented

Request Pattern:Not Documented

Crawl Activity Index

Relative crawl activity for MailRUBot over the past 28 days. Higher values indicate increased crawling intensity compared to the period baseline.

View recent activity data (last 7 days)

Date	Activity Index
Mar 26, 2026	88.0
Mar 27, 2026	82.7
Mar 28, 2026	83.1
Mar 29, 2026	81.8
Mar 30, 2026	87.3
Mar 31, 2026	90.2
Apr 1, 2026	88.9

Source: Cloudflare Radar

Why track MailRUBot traffic?

Ensure your link previews render correctly. MailRUBot fetches your pages to generate link preview cards on Mail Russia. If it can't access your meta tags, your shared links display broken or generic previews.

Monitor social sharing activity. MailRUBot requests correlate with how often your URLs are being shared on Mail Russia, even before engagement metrics are available.

Log Verification

To verify MailRUBot traffic in your live traffic data:

Search access logs for the user-agent strings listed above
Check if the IP addresses match documented ranges (if provided by Mail Russia)
Verify the crawl pattern matches documented behavior
Use reverse DNS lookup for additional verification if available

Note: Observed behavior in production environments may differ from official documentation. Live traffic monitoring provides the only reliable verification of actual bot behavior.

Undocumented Information

The following information is not officially documented for MailRUBot:

crawl frequency
IP verification
JavaScript rendering

Verify your link previews work — and track social bot access

Confirm MailRUBot can access your Open Graph meta tags
Track which URLs are being shared on Mail Russia
Detect failed fetches causing broken preview cards

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Official Documentation

View Official MailRUBot Documentation →

Information sourced from official documentation. Content generated with AI assistance.