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Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk> writes:

> Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Gro=DFjohann) writes:
>
>> WIBNI one could see from the User-Agent whether the user was using
>> Windows?  I think this is currently possible for XEmacs users, but not
>> Emacs users.
>
> Yes, I have often missed system-type in User-Agent.

I added `system-configuration'.  It might be a privacy issue, but it's
fairly obvious and easy to disable anyway.