Doc patch for bug 149504: Permit a reference to a URL to be treated as an attachment...

diff --git a/docs/xml/using.xml b/docs/xml/using.xml
index 635b1eb87591b00b77361de515363b6da8cd5bff..264eb5c808fc3a1463e50e9c2c0e2c26552d5f95 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/xml/using.xml
+++ b/docs/xml/using.xml
@@ -784,6 +784,15 @@
       than the maximum size of a regular attachment.
     </para>
 
+    <para>
+      Also, if the administrator turned on the <quote>allow_attach_url</quote>
+      parameter, you can enter the URL pointing to the attachment instead of
+      uploading the attachment itself. For example, this is useful if you want to
+      point to an external application, a website or a very large file. Note that
+      there is no guarantee that the source file will always be available, nor
+      that its content will remain unchanged.
+    </para>
+
     <section id="patchviewer">
       <title>Patch Viewer</title>