#3752: default user_agent to no
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Reporter: ilf | Owner: mutt-dev
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone:
Component: mutt | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords:
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Comment (by vinc17):
It isn't an internet standard, but RFC 5322 allows optional fields, and
User-Agent is of common usage.
And concerning the leaked information, as long as fingerprinting is
possible for messages sent by Mutt (e.g. on the Message-ID format, but
also the default attribution line), I don't think there's much point to
hide the User-Agent header ''by default''. Also, note that since most
MUA's include such a header, not giving one will also give some
information.
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3752#comment:3>
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