I notice a requirement for the Spider Plug-In (Gossamer Threads) is "Please note: Shell access is required for this plugin, as you must start the plugin from shell."

Does this mean that shell/telnet is required only for the inital installation of the plug-in, and all of its functions can be then run without shell access (I do not have shell or telnet access with my host)? Or does it mean that to be able to use the spider plug-in's fuctions I require on-going shell/telnet access?

Thanks