On Tue, Feb 16, 1999 at 22:13:52 +0100, Byrial Jensen wrote:
> Apropos the X-Mailer header: I think I somewhere read about a try
> to make a standardized "User-Agent" header to replace the various
> X-* headers used by mailers and newsreaders to identify themselves.
Yes, look at
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-usefor-article-01.txt
section 6.14.
BTW, I asked for a User-Agent header in November 1997, but there was
no reply.
> I don't know the current state of this. Should Mutt change to use a
> User-Agent header?
I think so. The following programs support the "User-Agent:" header:
Messenger, Pluto and NewsHound (under RISC OS), MacSOUP, slrn, gnus,
YA-NewsWatcher, tin and maybe others.
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