Re: User-Agent Header Stuck
Ralph Fox
Xander <Xan...@Spree.net> wrote:
> Just upgraded to Agent v6 and I have a User-Agent header stuck on
> "User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20051107)".
>
> None of the personas have that extra header, and trying to override it
> doesn't do any good. Does anyone know what's up with that?
Xander's headers are also missing the X-Newsreader header.
This does not happen by accident. Never.
The two are related. So 'fess up, Xander.
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> From: Xander <Xan...@Spree.net>
> Newsgroups: alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent
> Subject: User-Agent Header Stuck
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
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> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20051107)
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> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:29:48 -0600
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Regards
Ralph
Ralph Fox
Xander <Xan...@Spree.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:10:35 +1300, Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid> wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:29:48 -0600, in message <rldmg5ht5pcv42tg4...@news.easynews.com>
> >Xander <Xan...@Spree.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Just upgraded to Agent v6 and I have a User-Agent header stuck on
> >> "User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20051107)".
> >>
> >> None of the personas have that extra header, and trying to override it
> >> doesn't do any good. Does anyone know what's up with that?
> >
> >
> >Xander's headers are also missing the X-Newsreader header.
> >This does not happen by accident. Never.
>
> Of course not, Sherlock. It happens when you edit the agent.exe file.
Son, before asking in here you should read "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way"
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#before
| When you ask your question, display the fact that you have done these things first;
| this will help establish that you're not being a lazy sponge and wasting people's
| time. Better yet, display what you have learned from doing these things.
If you have a problem with a modified version of Agent, then first try it on
an unmodified version.
A. If the problem goes away, you know your modification has something to do
with it. The place to ask about this is next door in the .modified group.
B. If the problem persists, then use the unmodified version to ask your
question. That way you are displaying the fact that you have tried
it on an unmodified version. Furthermore, this isn't the group for
problems with modified versions of Agent.
> >The two are related. So 'fess up, Xander.
>
> The two are not related in Agent. Agent uses X-Newsreader by default. It
> doesn't use User-Agent.
It's the wetware which relates them.
At some time someone was let loose on your system to remove the X-Newsreader
header and add the User-Agent header to substitute.
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Regards
Ralph