MaintNotes: mailing list drops non text/plain messages

Junio C Hamano committed Nov 28, 2017 at 14:20 UTC 6b24c86cae6ebee6a9179bacf59e9ff54beab760
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@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ subscribed to send messages. The convention on the list is to keep
15 everybody involved on Cc:, so it is unnecessary to say "Please Cc: me,
16 I am not subscribed".
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18 +As an anti-spam measure, the mailing list software rejects messages
19 +that are not text/plain and drops them on the floor. If you are a
20 +GMail user, you'd want to make sure "Plain text mode" is checked.
21 +
22 Before sending patches, please read Documentation/SubmittingPatches
23 and Documentation/CodingGuidelines to familiarize yourself with the
24 project convention.