Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S971595AbXILSIh (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:08:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1765294AbXILSI2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:08:28 -0400 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:50101 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1765162AbXILSI2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:08:28 -0400 Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:08:27 +0200 (CEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Chris Friesen cc: Jeff Garzik , Randy Dunlap , lkml , akpm Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] doc: about email clients for Linux kernel patches In-Reply-To: <46E75C6A.3000705@nortel.com> Message-ID: References: <20070911101644.cd3f641f.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <46E6EE96.9060309@nortel.com> <46E6F2A8.2020104@pobox.com> <46E75C6A.3000705@nortel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 924 Lines: 24 On Sep 11 2007 21:26, Chris Friesen wrote: >> > Can someone describe the problems with just attaching the patch in >> > Thunderbird? It's what Martin says he does on the linked document... > >> Email clients don't like to quote attachments, even text/plain ones, which >> then makes attached patches much more difficult to review and comment on >> (i.e. you greatly reduce the number of reviewers). > > Thunderbird, at least, will automatically inline a single text/plain attachment > when replying. (At least with my current settings, it does.) No, the thing is: you send it attached with Thunderbird, and my PINE strips it on reply _because_ it is an attachment. Jan -- - 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/