From 4fc2fcb37d62748ef5fbaeddde91447de69bf2a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Kangas Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2023 18:59:38 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] ; 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 +(§ 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 -- 2.39.2