From: lpsolit%gmail.com <>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:49:10 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Doc patch for bug 149504: Permit a reference to a URL to be treated as an attachment... 
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Doc patch for bug 149504: Permit a reference to a URL to be treated as an attachment - Patch by Frédéric Buclin <LpSolit@gmail.com> r=Colin
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diff --git a/docs/xml/using.xml b/docs/xml/using.xml
index 635b1eb875..264eb5c808 100644
--- 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>