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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-11-13 09:19:05 -0800
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Merge tag '4.4-additional' of git://git.lwn.net/linux
Pull more documentation updates from Jon Corbet: "A few more documentation patches that wandered in and have no reason to wait; these include some improvements to the suggestions for email clients and patch submission" * tag '4.4-additional' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: Documentation: Add minimal Mutt config for using Gmail Documentation: Add note on sending files directly with Mutt Documentation: dontdiff: remove media from dontdiff Documentation/SubmittingPatches: discuss In-Reply-To Remove email address from Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt can-doc: Add missing semicolon to example
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@@ -176,11 +176,47 @@ To use 'vim' with mutt:
if you want to include the patch inline.
(a)ttach works fine without "set paste".
+You can also generate patches with 'git format-patch' and then use Mutt
+to send them:
+ $ mutt -H 0001-some-bug-fix.patch
+
Config options:
It should work with default settings.
However, it's a good idea to set the "send_charset" to:
set send_charset="us-ascii:utf-8"
+Mutt is highly customizable. Here is a minimum configuration to start
+using Mutt to send patches through Gmail:
+
+# .muttrc
+# ================ IMAP ====================
+set imap_user = 'yourusername@gmail.com'
+set imap_pass = 'yourpassword'
+set spoolfile = imaps://imap.gmail.com/INBOX
+set folder = imaps://imap.gmail.com/
+set record="imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Sent Mail"
+set postponed="imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Drafts"
+set mbox="imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/All Mail"
+
+# ================ SMTP ====================
+set smtp_url = "smtp://username@smtp.gmail.com:587/"
+set smtp_pass = $imap_pass
+set ssl_force_tls = yes # Require encrypted connection
+
+# ================ Composition ====================
+set editor = `echo \$EDITOR`
+set edit_headers = yes # See the headers when editing
+set charset = UTF-8 # value of $LANG; also fallback for send_charset
+# Sender, email address, and sign-off line must match
+unset use_domain # because joe@localhost is just embarrassing
+set realname = "YOUR NAME"
+set from = "username@gmail.com"
+set use_from = yes
+
+The Mutt docs have lots more information:
+ http://dev.mutt.org/trac/wiki/UseCases/Gmail
+ http://dev.mutt.org/doc/manual.html
+
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