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master 4fc2fcb37d6: ; Document sending extra HTTP headers in NEWS
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Stefan Kangas |
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master 4fc2fcb37d6: ; Document sending extra HTTP headers in NEWS |
Date: |
Sun, 17 Dec 2023 13:00:17 -0500 (EST) |
branch: master
commit 4fc2fcb37d62748ef5fbaeddde91447de69bf2a6
Author: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
Commit: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
; 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
---
etc/NEWS | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index d3521633a5f..0710bb768d2 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -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
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