Re: [GSoC] A late proposal: a modern send-email

From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date: Apr 5, 2016, 00:03 UTC
Message-ID: <20160405000306.GA4746@dcvr.yhbt.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAKqreuzE6G0WO4gn2_R7-QfZYfVS2tuAMEnwiVE8FyNviJGD+Q@mail.gmail.com>

惠轶群 <huiyiqun@gmail.com> wrote:

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> 2016-03-28 6:00 GMT+08:00 Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>:
> > While Gmail provides SMTP access, it was (last I was told)
> > incompatible with two-factor auth; so I've encountered users
> > unable to send patches with their normal 2FA-enabled accounts.
> 
> That's the origin of this idea of `mailto`.
> 
> In fact, you could send mail via 2FA-enabled accounts via
> "app password" metioned by Javier. But it's annoying to create
> "app password" for every client.

Since it seems possible to use 2FA with gmail, can either you or Javier submit a patch to Documentation/git-send-email.txt to update the Gmail-related section where "Use gmail as the smtp server" is to describe how to use this "app password"?

It's much easier to do than your entire GSoC proposal and would be immediately useful to 2FA gmail users out there who don't know this, yet or aren't running the latest git. Thanks.

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> 
> If there is a `mailto` method to send patch, you could type something
> like
> 
>     git send-patch --mailto origin/master..HEAD
> 
> Then, gmail is launched with the content of patch in it. You could edit
> the list of `to` and `cc`(You could even take use of gmail contact). Then
> just send. That's all. No need to SMTP config or "app password" any
> more.
> 
> > Maybe git hackers at Google have enough pull to lobby Gmail's
> > web interface to make it easier to send plain-text patches;
> > but I would love more to see users running local mail clients
> > and even running their own SMTP servers.
> 
> Yes, this should be free with user to pick their favorite mail client.
> 
> >> That may not be a "Git" project, but GSoC is not limited to Git ;-)
> >
> > Completely agreed; email is critical to decentralized development;
> > but I don't believe decentralization is in the best interests of
> > any large and powerful corporation.
> >
> > IMHO, what we need is a SoIS: Summer of Independent Sysadmins :>
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