29555 - Mail User-Agent is "Netscape 5.0"

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(MailNews Core :: Composition, defect, P3)

Description

[Phil Peterson]

When we send mail messages, we include a "User-Agent" header, and its value is 
"Netscape 5.0". This seemed ok for beta1 until we changed the market name for 
the product. Now, I'm thinking we should just use the HTTP user-agent, which is 
easily accessible from mime_generate_headers() where we get "Netscape".

The USEFOR draft (which is the origin of the User-Agent header) actually uses 
some of our old HTTP user agents as examples. See section 6.16 in the URL given 
above.

Since this affects branding, I'll nominate for beta1, but I won't cry if we 
don't get to it.

Comment 1

[lchiang]

Is this the same as one Henrik Gemal filed: 
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29433?

Comment 2

[Phil Peterson]

*** Bug 29433 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3

[Jean-Francois Ducarroz]

Reassign to rhp

Comment 4

[leger]

Putting on PDT+ radar for beta1.

Comment 5

[rhp (gone)]

User agent for mail has now been changed to match that of the Browser.

- rhp

Comment 6

[fenella]

Linux (2000-02-29-08 M15)
Win32 (2000-02-29-09 M15)
Mac (2000-02-29-08 M15)
Now the Header has User-Agent: Mozilla 5.0