From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:39:21 +0100 (BST) Received: from ditditdahdahdah-dahdahdahditdit.dl5rb.org.uk ([217.169.26.28]:46254 "EHLO ditditdahdahdah-dahdahdahditdit.dl5rb.org.uk") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S28586792AbYGROjS (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:39:18 +0100 Received: from denk.linux-mips.net (denk.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by ditditdahdahdah-dahdahdahditdit.dl5rb.org.uk (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m6IEdEkw025734; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:39:14 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by denk.linux-mips.net (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m6IEdD35025732; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:39:13 +0100 Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:39:13 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: Brian Foster Cc: Daniel Laird , linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: HOWTO submit patches using WebMail - Help appreciated? Message-ID: <20080718143913.GB25491@linux-mips.org> References: <64660ef00807171259l55f85380l47cfdc7574f84099@mail.gmail.com> <200807181528.41119.brian.foster@innova-card.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200807181528.41119.brian.foster@innova-card.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 19882 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 03:28:40PM +0200, Brian Foster wrote: > On Thursday 17 July 2008 21:59:45 Daniel Laird wrote: > > > > I am having issues getting patches to the mailing list in a format > > that seems to be acceptable. > > I have done all I can to the patch itself but I am having mail client > > issues as well. > > I have tried Gmail with plaintext. [ ... ] > > > > Is there anyone who has used a web mail client and had success, most > > details out there [ ... not for ] people with Work based mail accounts. > > Dan, > > Guessing a bit, that sounds a lot like the problem I had: > It was (and still is) impossible to use the company's SMTP > MTA to send a patch (or even an acceptable list posting), > even if the client (MUA) wasn't going to mess things up. > > But, if you have a Gmail account, it can be done! In fact, > that is what I'm doing to send this reply: Using the MUA at > the company, but *not* using the company's SMTP. The secret > is Gmail now has SMTP (and IMAP) support, as well as the POP > support they've had for awhile. You need to enable the SMTP > for your Gmail account, and arrange for a non-corrupting MUA > to use Gmail's SMTP, and (assuming your company's firewall > et al. doesn't cause issues), things may just work. I'd like to remind people of the wiki page on this topic at http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/Mailing-patches It's not been updated in a while and doesn't cover all clients or possible solutions so feel free to update it. Ralf