>> This seems to be because the function url-cookie-host-can-set-p does
>> not allow for the possibility that a fully-qualified hostname may
>> only have one dot in it.
>
> That seems to be an intentional feature. Does anyone have an idea what
> its motive might be?

This is due to the way cookies are defined. Quoting from RFC 2965:

    "A is a HDN string and has the form NB, where N is a non-empty name
    string, B has the form .B', and B' is a HDN string. (So, x.y.com
    domain-matches .Y.com but not Y.com.)"


Ted

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Edward O'Connor
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