[svn] Document empty user-agent.

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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}