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Document that .onion subdomains are ignored by clients 

addr-spec.txt also explains this, but we should get it into the
manpage too.

Closes ticket #18736.
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o Documentation:
- Document that onion service subdomains are allowed, and ignored.
Closes ticket 18736.

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@ -2989,6 +2989,11 @@ __HiddenServiceDirectory__**/hostname**::
The <base32-encoded-fingerprint>.onion domain name for this hidden service.
If the hidden service is restricted to authorized clients only, this file
also contains authorization data for all clients.
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Note that clients will ignore any extra subdomains prepended to a hidden
service hostname. So if you have "xyz.onion" as your hostname, you
can tell clients to connect to "www.xyz.onion" or "irc.xyz.onion"
for virtual-hosting purposes.
__HiddenServiceDirectory__**/private_key**::
The private key for this hidden service.