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   Me to Ralph Fox   
   Re: Question about Thunderbird version i   
   11 Apr 08 23:18:05   
   
   From: Me@Guy.com   
      
   Ralph Fox wrote:   
      
   > > The UA string quoted above does not seem very original, cute,   
   > > or personal.  It seems to be painfully obtuse, mundane, dry,   
   > > or a default of some kind.   
   >   
   >    *** Troll alert ***   
      
   Troll alert = false.   
      
   I'm genuinely interested in details like this as it pertains to how I   
   craft spam detection rules now, and in the future.   
      
   > Original question solved.   
      
   Yes.  I think.  I'm now posing a new question based on that answer.   
   I'm actually asking for clarification.   
      
   > It is now trolling for bites.   
      
   If you don't know the answer, you don't have to respond, or try to   
   coerce others from responding.   
      
   > The default install of Firefox (unlike Thunderbird ) _does_   
   > include those details in the UA string.   
      
   So in general, I *should* be seeing this:   
      
       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.9)   
       Gecko/20071031 Thunderbird/2.0.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0   
      
   (or something relatively complex)   
      
   And not simply just this:   
      
       Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031)   
      
   As the *exact*, whole, and complete contents of the UA string?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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