From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 05:20:05 +0000 (+0900)
Subject: MaintNotes: mailing list drops non text/plain messages
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MaintNotes: mailing list drops non text/plain messages
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diff --git a/MaintNotes b/MaintNotes
index 14fd72e37e..3a70b882b5 100644
--- a/MaintNotes
+++ b/MaintNotes
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ subscribed to send messages.  The convention on the list is to keep
 everybody involved on Cc:, so it is unnecessary to say "Please Cc: me,
 I am not subscribed".
 
+As an anti-spam measure, the mailing list software rejects messages
+that are not text/plain and drops them on the floor.  If you are a
+GMail user, you'd want to make sure "Plain text mode" is checked.
+
 Before sending patches, please read Documentation/SubmittingPatches
 and Documentation/CodingGuidelines to familiarize yourself with the
 project convention.