title: What is "MSIE 6 SmartLinksAddon"?
body: <p>My server logs show lots of requests from a user agent identifying itself as:</p>
  
  <p><code>is MSIE 8 SmartLinksAddon</code></p>
  
  <p>I haven't been able to find anything useful about <em>SmartLinksAddon</em> but the requests tend to come with a <strong>via</strong> header that provides some hints..</p>
  
  <pre><code>via =&gt; 1.1 web01.mashlogic.local:3028 (squid/2.7.STABLE9)
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  <p>Is anyone familiar with the purporse of <em>SmartLinksAddon</em>?</p>
  
  <p>Squid would indicate it has something to do with caching, but how does it affect the user's actual browsing experience?</p>
  
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  <p>I'm posting this here instead of ServerFault because it feels more related to browsers rather than servers.</p>