[svn] Added support for cookies.

[wget] / NEWS

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@@ -11,8 +11,14 @@ Please send GNU Wget bug reports to <bug-wget@gnu.org>.
 use the `--with-ssl' configure flag.  You need to have OpenSSL
 installed.
 
-** "Keep-alive" (persistent) HTTP connections are now supported.  This
-means that multiple requests from the same hosts are now much faster.
+** Cookies are now supported.  Wget will accept cookies sent by the
+server and return them in later requests.  Additionally, it can load
+and save cookies to disk, in the same format that Netscape uses.
+
+** "Keep-alive" (persistent) HTTP connections are now supported.
+Using keep-alive allows Wget to share one TCP/IP connection for
+many retrievals, making multiple-file downloads faster and less
+stressing for the server and the network.
 
 ** Wget now recognizes FTP directory listings generated by NT and VMS
 servers.