Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261300AbVEDS0A (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 May 2005 14:26:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261324AbVEDSZK (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 May 2005 14:25:10 -0400 Received: from alog0132.analogic.com ([208.224.220.147]:2269 "EHLO chaos.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261300AbVEDSX5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 May 2005 14:23:57 -0400 Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 14:23:36 -0400 (EDT) From: "Richard B. Johnson" Reply-To: linux-os@analogic.com To: Jan-Benedict Glaw cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] update SubmittingPatches to clarify attachment policy In-Reply-To: <20050504175422.GY24187@lug-owl.de> Message-ID: References: <20050504170156.87F67CE5@kernel.beaverton.ibm.com> <9e47339105050410107d9193b2@mail.gmail.com> <20050504175422.GY24187@lug-owl.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1353 Lines: 31 On Wed, 4 May 2005, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: > On Wed, 2005-05-04 13:10:35 -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: >> On 5/4/05, Dave Hansen wrote: >>> >>> I think the general opinion of posting patches as attachments >>> has changed over the last few years. Mailers have been getting >>> a lot better at handling them, even quoting non-message-body >>> plain/text attachments in replies. >> >> There is also the problem of things like gmail/yahoo where you can't >> control the word wrapping. The only way to submit patches from those >> services is as an plain text attachment. If you try to submit then >> in-line and they wrap wrong you will collect a lot of hate mail from >> Andrew. > > Well, why should someone use a broken mail service at all? > > MfG, JBG Because the net Nazis make often make it the only way to send/receive mail in a domain. There is nothing coming or going here that doesn't go through a M$ mail-killer that even saves every thread of evidence. For instance, there is no signature on this file. I'll bet that by the time you read it, there is one. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/