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Re: [PATCH] Documentation/SubmittingPatches: clarify GMail section and SMTP

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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
May 25, 2010, 09:47 UTC
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On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 09:25, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
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> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:30:13AM +0200, Michael J Gruber wrote:
>
>> We keep getting mangled submissions from GMail's web interface. Try to
>> be more proactive in SubmittingPatches by
>>
>> - pointing to MUA specific instructions early on,
>> - structuring the GMail section more clearly,
>> - putting send-email/SMTP before imap-send/IMAP.
>
> Like I said elsewhere in the thread, I do not use gmail, but from our
> prior discussion and what I have seen on the list, these seem like good
> changes to me.

I use GMail, and I think the SMTP instructions should come first, these changes look good.

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Message 13 of 13 in “Show branch information in short output of git status”
  1. Show branch information in short output of git statusKnittl, May 2, 2010
  2. Jeff KingMay 5, 2010
  3. KnittlMay 6, 2010
  4. KnittlMay 7, 2010
  5. Jeff KingMay 12, 2010
  6. KnittlMay 14, 2010
  7. Jeff KingMay 23, 2010
  8. Michael J GruberMay 25, 2010
  9. Jeff KingMay 25, 2010
  10. Michael J GruberMay 25, 2010
  11. Documentation/SubmittingPatches: clarify GMail section and SMTPMichael J Gruber, May 25, 2010
  12. Jeff KingMay 25, 2010
  13. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 25, 2010

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