MaintNotes: mailing list drops non text/plain messages

index 14fd72e37e..3a70b882b5 100644 --- a/MaintNotes +++ b/MaintNotes @@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ subscribed to send messages. The convention on the list is to keep everybody involved on Cc:, so it is unnecessary to say "Please Cc: me, I am not subscribed". +As an anti-spam measure, the mailing list software rejects messages +that are not text/plain and drops them on the floor. If you are a +GMail user, you'd want to make sure "Plain text mode" is checked. + Before sending patches, please read Documentation/SubmittingPatches and Documentation/CodingGuidelines to familiarize yourself with the project convention.