XPost: news.software.readers, alt.comp.software.firefox
From: this@ddress.is.invalid
Mr Ön!on wrote:
> Paul wrote:
>
> [your choice of additional newsgroups honoured]
>
> > On Fri, 2/13/2026 8:05 PM, Mr Ön!on wrote:
> > > Carlos E. R. wrote:
> > >
> > >> On 2026-02-13 23:27, Mr Ön!on wrote to:
> > >>> Maria Sophia
> > > [...]
> > >>>
> > >>> I'm curious to know how it is that Paul happens to use the same 'reader
> > >>> as you do; I haven't seen seen Ratcatcher/2.0.0.25 (Windows/20130802)
> > >>> used elsewhere before.
> > >>
> > >> Because Arlen uses faked random headers in his posts. This was in his
> > >> reply somewhere. He is not using the same reader as Paul, he is using
> > >> scripts.
> > >
> > > [change of subject; news.software.readers added and followup to there]
> > >
> > > If you're there, Paul, would you care to comment on Maria Sophia's
> > > use of the same unusual User-Agent: string as you, please?
> >
> > That is a custom on a Thunderbird, installed long ago.
> > Any updates kept the value. You can have any agent string
> > you want.
> >
> > And it's unlikely any "written" USENET client (compiled language)
> > would be generating such a string on its own.
> >
> > Paul
>
> Yes, I know that T'bird's User-Agent can be edited. I found it faintly
> interesting that Maria Sofia had adopted the same string, especially
> as she addressed you with such familiarity. Whatever, fandom is a
> strange thing. Thanks for your answer.
As mentioned in other responses, such as Carlos' and mine, it has
nothing to do with fandom. 'Maria', commonly known as 'Arlen' (an old
nym) just copies ('steals') headers and in this case, he happened to
copy Paul's 'User-Agent:' header. As he copies headers at random,
there's no relation between his (ab)use of Paul's header and his
'familiarity' with Paul.
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