[PATCH 2/2] Google has renamed the imap folder

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[PATCH 2/2] Google has renamed the imap folder

From: John Tapsell <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:46:13

Also add a comment that the web interface wraps the lines

Signed-off-by: John Tapsell <redacted>
---
 Documentation/SubmittingPatches |   10 +++++++++-
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 9b559ad..aa41c9e 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -491,12 +491,18 @@ message, complete the addressing and subject fields, and press send.
 Gmail
 -----
 
+GMail does not appear to have any way to turn off line wrapping in the web
+interface, so this will mangle any emails that you send.  You can however
+use any IMAP email client to connect to the google imap server, and forward
+the emails through that.  Just make sure to disable line wrapping in that
+email client.
+
 Submitting properly formatted patches via Gmail is simple now that
 IMAP support is available. First, edit your ~/.gitconfig to specify your
 account settings:
 
 [imap]
-	folder = "[Gmail]/Drafts"
+	folder = "[Google Mail]/Drafts"
 	host = imaps://imap.gmail.com
 	user = user@gmail.com
 	pass = p4ssw0rd
@@ -513,3 +519,5 @@ command to send the patch emails to your Gmail Drafts folder.
 
 Go to your Gmail account, open the Drafts folder, find the patch email, fill
 in the To: and CC: fields and send away!
+If you get an error that the "Folder doesn't exist" try with folder = "[Gmail]/Drafts".
+
-- 
1.6.2.rc1

Re: [PATCH 2/2] Google has renamed the imap folder

From: Jay Soffian <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:46:13

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 5:45 AM, John Tapsell [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted hunk
Also add a comment that the web interface wraps the lines

Signed-off-by: John Tapsell <redacted>
---
 Documentation/SubmittingPatches |   10 +++++++++-
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 9b559ad..aa41c9e 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -491,12 +491,18 @@ message, complete the addressing and subject fields, and press send.
 Gmail
 -----

+GMail does not appear to have any way to turn off line wrapping in the web
+interface, so this will mangle any emails that you send.  You can however
+use any IMAP email client to connect to the google imap server, and forward
+the emails through that.  Just make sure to disable line wrapping in that
+email client.
+
 Submitting properly formatted patches via Gmail is simple now that
 IMAP support is available. First, edit your ~/.gitconfig to specify your
 account settings:

 [imap]
-       folder = "[Gmail]/Drafts"
+       folder = "[Google Mail]/Drafts"
       host = imaps://imap.gmail.com
       user = user@gmail.com
       pass = p4ssw0rd
Hmm, maybe just point users at send-email? It has SSL support built-in
now so it can trivially use gmail's SMTP servers and you need not
worry about mangling. So the only remaining reason to use the imap
kludge is so that you have access to your gmail address book for
filling in the To/Cc fields and the subject.

j.
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