Johannes Schindelin venit, vidit, dixit 08.02.2009 18:28:
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> Hi,
> 
> On Sun, 8 Feb 2009, Jeremy White wrote:
> 
>> As an aside, there is a long (and discouraging) read about the issue
>> with Thunderbird here:
>>   https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141983
>>
>> Essentially, the problem is well understood - Thunderbird uses
>> format=flowed by default, which is what mangles the patches.  The author
>> of the relevant code is unmoved by arguments that the default should
>> switch, and no one has yet been willing to create a simpler UI for
>> switching the setting.
> 
> I guess I'll start discouraging use of Thunderbird from now on. 

...specifically for patch submission, please ;)
I'm a TB user who compiles the beast and writes extensions for it, and
yet I found git-send-email the more reliable and practical solution for
sending out patches. Put yourself in bcc and you'll have a copy in TB's
inbox or another folder (use filters).

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> Seems 
> that not even the opposition of a guy named Andrew Morton was clue bat 
> enough.

<sarcasm style="reality: exaggerated;">
Isn't that some Linux guy? How would he matter for Mozilla? Does he even
know how to send HTML mail...
</sarcasm>

Michael
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