[U-Boot-Users] Posting non-wrapped patches

[David Saada]

> Option 1:
> ---------
> I've been playing with sending patches using Outlook.  "Properly
> formatted" patches can be done by changing to a monospace font.  This
> can be done either before or after pasting in the patch:
>
> Before pasting in the patch, you can change the format using a monospace
> font and honor the line breaks by selecting the menu option "Format /
> Style / Formatted" and then pasting the patch into that section.
>
> If you forget or misfire on pre-selecting the font, after pasting in the
> patch, you can highlighting the patch and select the menu option "Format
> / Style / Formatted".
>
> Option 2:
> ---------
> It is possible that your Exchange server supports port 25 (depends how
> what your IT staff configured it).  If this is the case, git-send-email
> will work directly with your Exchange server.
>
> You need to figure out the Exchange server and your user name (including
> the AD domain).
>
> To figure out your Exchange server:
> 1) In Outlook, select the menu selection Tools/Email Accounts.. which
> brings up a dialog allowing you to "View or change existing e-mail
> accounts"
> 2) Click the "Next" button which brings up the next dialog box.
> 3) Select the "Microsoft Exchange Server" account and click the "Change"
> button.
> 4) This dialog box shows your Exchange server name.
>
>  From the command line, run
>    telnet <exchsvr> 25
> and, if you get a prompt, you have port 25 support enabled (good!).
>
> Note that you can use the above information to configure Thunderbird to
> use Exchange via IMAP (IMAP or port 25 for sending) as well.
> Thunderbird isn't (much? any?) better than Outlook for sending patches
> as far as I can tell.  The built in editor line wraps unless you do the
> HTML/preformatted trick the same way as Outlook requires (gag).  The
> linux kernel hints talk about using an external editor with Tbird, but I
> don't see that as an option under Windows.
>
> Best regards,
> gvb

Thanks Jerry. Option 1 did the trick. My mistake was sending the patches using plain text instead of rich text as you had suggested. Gonna repost the patches now - hopefully for the last time.
Regards,
David.

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