[thelist] IE = Mozilla in log?

aardvark roselli at earthlink.net
Wed Jul 19 12:44:04 CDT 2000


> From: Zachary Mutrux <zacm at etr.org>
>
> Can anyone explain why Internet Explorer is identified in my server
> log as: ŠMozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Mac_PowerPC) ?
> 
> Does Mozilla represent some kind of browser standard or 
protocol?

back when IE first came out, it did... oddly enough... i think it's 
vestigial now, like legs on snakes...




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