Re: "git send-email" thru Gmail incurs few minutes delay

From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Jan 5, 2016, 11:27 UTC
Message-ID: <CAMuHMdUZf2CLyzWVr+KUcgALejWpgEhUt1DMDBg614bKbFEXZw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAM_ZknWuOSbQcGvXaCDUKAJX7hR5FxJO3a8axPYS4ekyRiczCQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 2:52 PM, Andrey Utkin <andrey.utkin@corp.bluecherry.net> wrote:

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> After "Send this email? ([y]es|[n]o|[q]uit|[a]ll): y" prompt and
> before "Password for 'smtp://XXX@gmail.com@smtp.gmail.com:587':"
> prompt I always have a delay of 2-3 minutes. It is weird! "Unsafe
> clients" are allowed in Gmail settings.
> I experience this both with @gmail.com mailbox and with gmail-based
> company domain mail.
> I noticed this happening the first time several months ago.
> Has anybody else experienced this? Any solution?
> My git version is 2.6.4.

Does it work better if you store the (preferably app-specific) password in smtppass in .gitconfig?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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