Hi - > > Are you trying to copy from the raw message representation? > > Everyone trying to work with a patch (instead of just the email) always > is working with the raw message. Just patch < mbox or git-am mbox > for example. > > https://gcc.gnu.org/contribute.html says > It is strongly discouraged to post patches as MIME parts of type > application/whatever, disposition attachment or encoded as base64 or > quoted-printable. > > (which many people still do not follow, making reviewing their patches > much harder than needed).
The key here is to realize that the raw message is not what you get back from the mailing list reflector, and also not the raw message that was sent by the sender. In this day of mta intermediaries, proxies, reflectors, it may be time to revisit that suggestion. Attachments seem to survive unmolested better than mail email bodies, for example. And MUAs can undo some of the unexpected transformations in the main body. - FChE
