Re: [PATCH 0/3] Fix overflow issues with sysctl values in centiseconds/seconds

From: Nish Aravamudan
Date: Fri Jan 27 2006 - 23:07:49 EST


On 1/27/06, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Bart Samwel <bart@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Here's a threesome of patches
> >
>
> All of which were space-stuffed by your (mozilla-derived) email client and
> hence are unusable by users of non-MS-wannabe email clients. They may also
> be unusable by users of mozilla-based email clients, too - I don't know.
>
> As far as I know there's no way to prevent mailnews-derived mail clients
> from performing space-stuffing. I've had a bug report in against it for at
> least two years and all they've done is fartarse around with it.

I think this thread claims that there is a way (although a PITA):
http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/12/27/191

I don't use TBird, personally, but Randy D. seemed satisfied with the
results in that thread.

> IOW: please switch mail clients or use text/plain attachments.

Also viable (and maybe preferred) solutions.

Thanks,
Nish
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