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| From | "David E. Ross" <nobody@nowhere.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.software.thunderbird |
| Subject | Re: Information shown by User-Agent header item |
| Date | 2025-05-28 15:29 -0700 |
| Organization | I am @ David at rossde dot com. |
| Message-ID | <10182ok$3ffvi$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <m9o94jFmdt4U1@mid.individual.net> <kgojgl-shc4.ln1@spock.lan> |
On 5/28/2025 8:59 AM, dillinger wrote: > 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. > Windows 7 Thunderbird 52.9.1 When I send a message from my account at one host to my account at a different host, I see the complete user agent. When someone posts a message asking about a problem, I wish their complete user agent was available. It helps to diagnose the problem or to decide that I cannot help because it is under Linux or a more recent version of Thunderbird. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> President Trump wants all Palestinians to leave Gaza and relocate elsewhere. How many will he accept to relocate in the United States?
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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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