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@@ -121,3 +121,17 @@ the user agent to be programmatically manipulated? --[[schmonz]]
 
 >> Pong.. I'd be happier with a more 100% solution that let cookies be used
 >> w/o needing to write a custom plugin to do it. --[[Joey]] 
+
+>>> According to LWP::UserAgent, for the common case, a complete
+>>> and valid configuration for `$config{cookies}` would be `{ file =>
+>>> "$ENV{HOME}/.cookies.txt" }`. In the more common case of not needing
+>>> to prime one's cookies, `cookie_jar` can be `undef` (that's the
+>>> default). In my less common case, the cookies are generated by
+>>> visiting a couple magic URLs, which would be trivial to turn into
+>>> config options, except that these particular URLs rely on SPNEGO
+>>> and so LWP::Authen::Negotiate has to be loaded. So I think adding
+>>> `$config{cookies}` (and using it in the aggregate plugin) should
+>>> be safe, might help people in typical cases, and won't prevent
+>>> further enhancements for less typical cases. --[[schmonz]]
+
+>>>> Ok, done. Called it cookiejar. --[[Joey]]