Add a note about the backport of email 2.4

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@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ Extension modules
 
 Library
 
+- The email package from the Python 2.3 development tree has been
+  backported, including updated documentation.  This version
+  corresponds to email 2.4 and should be nearly completely backward
+  compatible.  However there have been lots of improvements in the
+  API, so you should read the section in the library manual about the
+  changes since email v1.
+
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   words, setting the seed didn't completely determine the sequence of