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authorStefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>2023-12-17 18:59:38 +0100
committerStefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>2023-12-17 19:00:08 +0100
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; Document sending extra HTTP headers in NEWS
* etc/NEWS: Note how to send email address in HTTP requests. This change was requested in: https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2023-12/msg00500.html
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@@ -73,9 +73,13 @@ more details.
Emacs never sent email addresses by default, but it used to be
possible to customize 'url-privacy-level' so that the users email
address was sent along in HTTP requests. This feature has now been
-removed, as it was considered more risky than useful. The user option
+removed, as it was considered more dangerous than useful. RFC 9110
+(ยง 10.1.2) also recommends against it. The user option
'url-personal-mail-address' is now also obsolete.
+To send an email address in the header of individual HTTP requests,
+see the variable `url-request-extra-headers'.
+
* Changes in Emacs 30.1