> The moral of this story is > that it is not safe to send a lyx file in an email without zipping or > tarring it.
This is a serious problem! Since dot after *every inset* will be put in a single line, this problem will be prominent for lyx, and lyx will be blamed if this happens to normal users. I know this is unfair, but I am quite surprised to know that the problem is caused by our trusty mail server/client. Since we can not change the behavior of sendmail, can we do something to lyx format? It should be easy to add comments to every such lines. I am not familiar with lyx format but I guess this will not cause compatibility problem. Should I submit a bug? I would rate it as critical. Cheers, Bo