RFE: use patchwork to submit a patch

Greg KH gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Wed Oct 16 03:07:53 AEDT 2019


On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 06:41:03AM +0200, Dmitry Vyukov wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 5:17 PM Greg KH <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > > As one data point, I cannot send emails with git send-email anymore.
> > > It used to work, then broke and I don't know how to fix it. Now it says:
> > >
> > > 5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at
> > > 5.7.8  https://support.google.com/mail/?p=BadCredentials
> > > s10sm8376885wrr.5 - gsmtp
> > >
> > > I suspect it has something to do with two factor auth.
> > > So that's it: it cannot contribute to kernel right now.
> >
> > That is because your employer changed how it manages imap.  So yes, this
> > configuration is now broken, you can not contribute to the kernel this
> > way.  They know about it, and there's an "opt-out" list you can sign up
> > for if you want to fix it.  Nothing the community can do about something
> > crazy like this.
> 
> I used my private gmail account to send emails. My private email
> account stopped working.

I think you need a better email provider :)


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