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SubjectRe: Mozilla Thunderbird posting instructions wanted
On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 13:30:59 -0800 Nish Aravamudan wrote:

> On 2/20/06, Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> wrote:
> > This POS is pretty popular among kernel janitors, so, can someone who
> > is successfully using it, please, post crystally clear step-by-step
> > instructions on how to send a foo.patch:
> > inline
> > with tabs preserved
> > with long lines preserved
> >
> > Sending plain text attachments is OK with me, but, heh, people do post
> > patches inline and screw themselves.
>
> Randy D. eventually agreed that there was a way, IIRC:
>
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/12/27/191
>
> Probably can work your way through the thread to figure out how (I use mutt :)

Yep, the odd part is not to disable html email.
Then when composing a message, there is a drop-down box for a format
selection. While the cursor is in the body area, change the format
from default "Body text" to Preformat, and then copy-n-paste the patch.
At least that's what worked for me.

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~Randy
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