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| Date | Wed, 28 May 2025 17:59:51 +0200 |
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| MIME-Version | 1.0 |
| User-Agent | Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:139.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/139.0 |
| Subject | Re: Information shown by User-Agent header item |
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.software.thunderbird |
| References | <m9o94jFmdt4U1@mid.individual.net> |
| Content-Language | en-US |
| From | dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> |
| In-Reply-To | <m9o94jFmdt4U1@mid.individual.net> |
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| Message-ID | <kgojgl-shc4.ln1@spock.lan> (permalink) |
| Organization | KPN B.V. |
| Path | csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!nntp.comgw.net!peer03.ams4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed.abavia.com!abe006.abavia.com!abp001.abavia.com!news.kpn.nl!not-for-mail |
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| Injection-Date | Wed, 28 May 2025 18:01:03 +0200 |
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On 28/05/2025 12:26, Wolfgang wrote: > By default, the header item "User-Agent" shows "Mozilla Thunderbird" > only without giving any further information. Since in many cases, it > would be helpful to see some more information, e.g. the version > number and the operating system, I should like to recommend > performing the following steps for making the User-Agent header item > more verbose: > > 1. Open Settings | General | Config Editor > > 2. By searching "UserAgent" you will find: > > mailnews.headers.useMinimalUserAgent true > > 3. Toggle it to "false". > > 4. Close Settings and Config Editor. > > Now, the User-Agent header item has become actually verbose. On my > computer, it says: > > User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:138.0) Gecko/20100101 > Thunderbird/138.0 > > Best regards, > Wolfgang > FYI, this is a privacy feature, it only changes how your information is shown on other people's computers, not how other people's information is shown on your computer.
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Information shown by User-Agent header item Wolfgang <wm@ariannuccia.de> - 2025-05-28 12:26 +0200
Re: Information shown by User-Agent header item dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> - 2025-05-28 17:59 +0200
Re: Information shown by User-Agent header item "David E. Ross" <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2025-05-28 15:29 -0700
Re: Information shown by User-Agent header item Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2025-05-29 01:00 +0200
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