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Subject: Re: [PATCH/POLL] git-format-patch: the default suffix is now .patch, not .txt
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On 1/18/07, Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> >> Thus the file extension has no impact on how the mail client should
> >> treat it.
> >
> > He will attach it. It's typical for outlook users.
>
> If that is the case, I highly suspect that it is one more reason
> not to mark the file with .txt; Outlook may say "Hey, it's TEXT,
> so let's linewrap it, quote-balance it and add all sorts of nice
> frills to make it easier to read for human consumption".

No, it wont (and doesn't). It would be "too clever to be useful".
Outlook is too _stupid_ to be useful.