Messages in this thread | | | From | Daniel Phillips <> | Subject | Re: Why not "attach" patches? | Date | Mon, 21 Jan 2002 17:15:05 +0100 |
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On January 15, 2002 08:28 pm, Alan Cox wrote: > > all tools will see as a normal body), I simply WILL NOT apply it unless > > I have strong reason to. I usually wont even bother looking at it, > > unless I expected something special from the sender. > > > > Really. Don't send patches as attachments. > > BTW: If you are sending me anything DO use attachments. Especially if you > use any of the following, which seem to have some versions that mangle > inline diffs > > Lotus Notes > Pine > Kmail > [...]
Kmail's patch-mangling problems seem to be all gone in kmail 2.2+. The only thing to be careful about is that word wrap should be off. Since I forgot to turn it off a couple of times I now leave it permanently off and turn it on for individual mails as needed.
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