Subj : Beep-Beep
To   : Paul Quinn
From : Tommi Koivula
Date : Tue Jan 05 2021 15:51:06

On 05.01.2021 23:37, Paul Quinn wrote:

> Hi! Martin,
>
> On 05 Jan 2021, Martin Foster said the following...
>
>  MF> [snip]
>  MF> >   MF> --- Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100
>  MF> >   MF> Thunderbird/78.6.0
>
>  MF> IMO, the tearline is far too long and full of unnecessary crud. A simple
>  MF> "Thunderbird/<version number>" would be far better. Is there any way I
>  MF> can change that in my Thunderbird config?
>
> No, unless it is an option in T'bird.  (I don't think it i, either.)  Whether
> to quote it is an option in JamNNTPd's config, I think.  Check with my friend,
> Tommi.

2:221/6 will add the 'useragent' to the tearline if you use nntps. Otherwise not. :D

'Tommi

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