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SubjectRe: [PATCH]move double quotation marks so that keep MAINTAINERS consistent
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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 19:06:31 -0800

> I suspect that some mail clients will explode if you provide them with
> an unquoted string containing periods. That would make copy-n-paste
> rather a hassle.

It's not clients, it's servers.

SMTP rules state that characters such as "." cannot appear
unquoted in email headers.

vger.kernel.org rejects mail when this violation occurs.


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