148672 - browser unsupported message on this site appears

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 141279

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect)

Description

[Max]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.0.0+) Gecko/20020601
BuildID:    2002060108

Hotmail does not seem to recognize Mozilla as a 'Netscape Navigator version 4.08
or later' browser when signing up for a new account, signing up for a .NET
passport or changing a Hotmail password. I've contacted their support team and
they've told me the following:

 I believe your problem is due to your browser settings and configurations. 
Please contact the support group of the browser you are using so that they may
address the problem immediately. 


I believe this may be their fault and I've contacted them several times but I'm
filing this bug anyway to see what can be done - it's no good if Mozilla users
can't get a Hotmail email address using Mozilla

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to http://www.hotmail.com
2. Click on 'Sign up'

OR

Just go to

http://registernet.passport.com/reg.srf?_lang=EN&lc=1033&ct=1023050018&id=2&kv=0&ns=hotmail.com&_lang=EN&id=2&fs=1&cb=_lang%3dEN&ct=1023050010&ru=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ehotmail%2emsn%2ecom%2fcgi%2dbin%2fsbox



Actual Results:  The following message is displayed:

     Microsoft® .NET Passport no longer supports the Web browser version you are
using. Please upgrade to a current Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet
Explorer version 4.0 or later, or Netscape Navigator version 4.08 or later.    

Expected Results:  The normal page that Internet Explorer displays should have
been displayed.

Comment 1

[R.K.Aa.]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 141279 ***