linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH]move double quotation marks so that keep MAINTAINERS consistent

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Date:	Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:48:39 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, jiaweiwei.xiyou@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, joe@...ches.com, greg@...ah.com,
	rdunlap@...otime.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH]move double quotation marks so that keep MAINTAINERS
 consistent

On Wed 2011-02-09 19:17:52, David Miller wrote:
> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 19:06:31 -0800
> 
> > I suspect that some mail clients will explode if you provide them with
> > an unquoted string containing periods.  That would make copy-n-paste
> > rather a hassle.
> 
> It's not clients, it's servers.
> 
> SMTP rules state that characters such as "." cannot appear
> unquoted in email headers.
> 
> vger.kernel.org rejects mail when this violation occurs.

Ok, but should not MUA do this quotation? Quick test shows that mutt does... 

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