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authorDrew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>2020-09-03 12:05:43 -0400
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2020-09-03 15:39:01 -0600
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Documentation/process: expand plain-text advice
This adds a link to https://useplaintext.email to email-clients.rst, which is a more exhaustive resource on configuring various mail clients for plain text use. submitting-patches.rst is also updated to direct readers to email-clients.rst to equip new contributors with the requisite knowledge to become a good participant on the mailing lists. Signed-off-by: Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200903160545.83185-3-sir@cmpwn.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@@ -396,6 +396,9 @@ for their time. Code review is a tiring and time-consuming process, and
reviewers sometimes get grumpy. Even in that case, though, respond
politely and address the problems they have pointed out.
+See :ref:`Documentation/process/email-clients.rst` for recommendations on email
+clients and mailing list etiquette.
+
Don't get discouraged - or impatient
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