Why is my web service receiving requests from the “Textual” user agent?
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Textual is an application designed to send messages back and forth amongst a large number of users using what is known as the Internet Relay Chat protocol or “IRC” for short.
Your web service received requests from Textual because an image file (or other resource) hosted by your web service was embedded in the application for easier viewing.
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