linux-kernel - Re: Query: Patches break with Microsoft exchange server.

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Date:	Mon, 9 Aug 2010 15:34:23 +0100
From:	Valeo de Vries <valeo@...eo.co.cc>
To:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Query: Patches break with Microsoft exchange server.

On 9 August 2010 15:19, Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 11:37:33AM +0530, viresh kumar wrote:
>>
>> Has anybody found a solution to this kind of issues? Are there any
>> workarounds possible?
>
> I have this same problem. The exchange server rewrites incoming and
> outgoing plain text emails as it sees fit, and our IT department seems
> unable to turn this "feature" off.
>
> One work around is to get an gmail account and use IMAP.

The other solution is to kindly request that one's IS department
upgrades Exchange so that this particular issue (of converting tabs to
spaces) won't be a  problem any longer... ;)

You're right though, it's probably easier just to use another provider
for e-mail, as this isn't the only way Exchange will mess with
patches.

Valeo
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