RFC: User-Agent header

[Dirk Hohndel]

On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:26:01 +0200, "Sebastian Spaeth" <Sebastian at SSpaeth.de> wrote:
> notmuch is (mostly) not responsible for sending email. However, people
> using the emacs frontend use notmuch to create the reply.
> 
> Am I the only one who is sometimes curious as to what mail agents others
> use? Would it be useful to insert a header to notmuch reply analog to:
> 
> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11)
> 
> We could reuse the same version string that we use for the release (or
> the git string that was used to build notmuch). I can use this to create
> nice stats :).
> 
> No patch yet, just asking if this is a good idea or not.

I think it's a very good idea. But it should be something that includes
the other components of how you send email...

Like

User-Aget: Emacs 23 Message-mode / notmuch-0.1.1

/D

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Dirk Hohndel
Intel Open Source Technology Center