Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756738Ab0HIOe2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Aug 2010 10:34:28 -0400 Received: from mail-wy0-f174.google.com ([74.125.82.174]:45000 "EHLO mail-wy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756712Ab0HIOe1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Aug 2010 10:34:27 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20100809141906.GA31487@riccoc20.at.omicron.at> References: <4C5F9B25.8080401@st.com> <20100809141906.GA31487@riccoc20.at.omicron.at> Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 15:34:23 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Query: Patches break with Microsoft exchange server. From: Valeo de Vries To: Richard Cochran Cc: linux-kernel Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1057 Lines: 26 On 9 August 2010 15:19, Richard Cochran wrote: > On Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 11:37:33AM +0530, viresh kumar wrote: >> >> Has anybody found a solution to this kind of issues? Are there any >> workarounds possible? > > I have this same problem. The exchange server rewrites incoming and > outgoing plain text emails as it sees fit, and our IT department seems > unable to turn this "feature" off. > > One work around is to get an gmail account and use IMAP. The other solution is to kindly request that one's IS department upgrades Exchange so that this particular issue (of converting tabs to spaces) won't be a problem any longer... ;) You're right though, it's probably easier just to use another provider for e-mail, as this isn't the only way Exchange will mess with patches. Valeo -- 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/