On Wed Sep 2, 2020 at 12:06 PM EDT, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On 9/2/20 8:57 AM, Drew DeVault wrote: > > This adds a link to https://useplaintext.email to email-clients.rst, > > which is a more exhaustive resource on configuring various mail clients > > for plain text use. submitting-patches.rst is also updated to direct > > readers to email-clients.rst to equip new contributors with the > > requisite knowledge to become a good participant on the mailing lists. > > > > Signed-off-by: Drew DeVault <sir@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > Conflict of interest: I wrote and maintain the website this links to. > > > > Documentation/process/email-clients.rst | 5 +++++ > > Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 3 +++ > > 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst b/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst > > index c9e4ce2613c0..16586f6cc888 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst > > +++ b/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst > > @@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ attachments, but then the attachments should have content-type > > it makes quoting portions of the patch more difficult in the patch > > review process. > > > > +It's also strongly recommended that you use plain text in your email body, > > +for patches and other emails alike. https://useplaintext.email may be useful > > You could justify that first sentence by adding that some mailing > lists drop/discard emails that are in html. Will add this if the patch ends up being re-rolled, but I don't think it necessarily warrants a v3.
