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2005-05-06 Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org>
* wget.texi (HTTP Options): Document empty user-agent.
2005-05-06 Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org>
* wget.texi (Download Options): Explain that the read timeout

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However, some sites have been known to impose the policy of tailoring
the output according to the @code{User-Agent}-supplied information.
While conceptually this is not such a bad idea, it has been abused by
servers denying information to clients other than @code{Mozilla} or
Microsoft @code{Internet Explorer}. This option allows you to change
the @code{User-Agent} line issued by Wget. Use of this option is
discouraged, unless you really know what you are doing.
While this is not such a bad idea in theory, it has been abused by
servers denying information to clients other than (historically)
Netscape or, more frequently, Microsoft Internet Explorer. This
option allows you to change the @code{User-Agent} line issued by Wget.
Use of this option is discouraged, unless you really know what you are
doing.
Specifying empty user agent with @samp{--user-agent=""} instructs Wget
not to send the @code{User-Agent} header in @sc{http} requests.
@cindex POST
@item --post-data=@var{string}