# [PATCH 2/2] Google has renamed the imap folder 2 messages from 2009-02-17 to 2009-02-17. Participants: John Tapsell, Jay Soffian. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/17853 ## John Tapsell, 2009-02-17 10:45 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Google has renamed the imap folder Message-ID: <200902171045.05904.johnflux@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200902171045.05904.johnflux%40gmail.com ``` Also add a comment that the web interface wraps the lines Signed-off-by: John Tapsell --- 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 ``` ## Jay Soffian, 2009-02-17 17:45 Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Google has renamed the imap folder Message-ID: <76718490902170945s5c15228bn798fe6b7e0063da@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/76718490902170945s5c15228bn798fe6b7e0063da%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <200902171045.05904.johnflux@gmail.com> ``` On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 5:45 AM, John Tapsell wrote: > Also add a comment that the web interface wraps the lines > > Signed-off-by: John Tapsell > --- > 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. ```