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

[Nish Aravamudan <nish.aravamudan@gmail.com>]

On 1/27/06, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote:
> Bart Samwel <bart@samwel.tk> 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