>>>>> "RS" == Reiner Steib writes:

 RS> On Sat, Feb 22 2003, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen wrote:
 >> Reiner Steib <4.uce.03.r.s@nurfuerspam.de> writes:
 >> 
 >>> To make it easier for the user to expose less information, we could
 >>> add something like this...
 >>> 
 >>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
 >>> (defcustom gnus-user-agent 'full
 >>> "Which information should be exposed in the User-Agent header.
 >> 
 >> I think this makes most sense -- letting the user decide.

 RS> The attached patch contains code, documentation and ChangeLog entries
 RS> for this.

Maybe, we should consider replacing 'full with 'emacs-gnus-type (that
is, no system-configuration exposion). I see two reasons for that:

1. Those two types seem to serve the same purpose. For me, they're
   identical, but:

2. As it was said somewhere in the thread, system-configuration may
   reveal some security-sensitive information. Besides, it's sometimes
   very igly.

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