docs: add information about mailing list rejection

Signed-off-by: J William Piggott <elseifthen@gmx.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/howto-contribute.txt b/Documentation/howto-contribute.txt
index 71b9ed771796b55823093f8fe0ea2e9ba3850dfd..245f9ab93df03a378e49f07dc8e37e1bc9a5690c 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/howto-contribute.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto-contribute.txt
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ Email Format
          Hint: use git commit -s
 
          The sign-off is a simple line at the end of the explanation for the
-         patch, which certifies that you wrote it or otherwise have the
-         right to pass it on as a open-source patch. The rules are pretty
+         patch; which certifies that you wrote it or otherwise have the
+         right to pass it on as an open-source patch. The rules are pretty
          simple; if you can certify the following:
 
          By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ Email Format
 
        * Followed by the unified diff patch.
 
+       Note: the mailing list will reject certain content. See ../README.
+
 Coding Style
 
        * the preferred coding style is based on the linux kernel coding-style.

diff --git a/README b/README
index 81e0504c720545e8815c2ad4227b8a2ee500a5dd..5656932871fe8caf719e9062e86ed2f6dfdb6ea2 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ MAILING LIST:
       E-MAIL: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
       URL:    http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#util-linux
 
+      The mailing list will reject email messages that contain:
+       - more than 100K characters
+       - html
+       - spam phrases/keywords
+      See: http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html#taboo
+
 IRC CHANNEL:
 
       #util-linux at freenode.net: