Re: [PATCH 2/2] Google has renamed the imap folder
John Tapsell <johnflux@gmail.com> writes:
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> Also add a comment that the web interface wraps the lines
>
> Signed-off-by: John Tapsell <johnflux@gmail.com>
> ---
> 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".
> +
Are there any Gmail insiders who can comment on this alleged change? Is it for everybody? Is it only for new accounts? If I ask google about "gmail imap draft folder", I seem to be getting '[Gmail]/Drafts' version, and not the '[Google Mail]/Drafts' version, e.g.
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=78892
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=82367It is not that I think John is talking BS. If there is a transition of some sort, we may want to keep the more prevalent one in the main example, while suggesting minority one as a ballback altenative.