From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A21B5BC8 for ; Sun, 12 Jul 2015 10:23:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oi0-f54.google.com (mail-oi0-f54.google.com [209.85.218.54]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 150E4AB for ; Sun, 12 Jul 2015 10:23:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by oihq81 with SMTP id q81so23580491oih.2 for ; Sun, 12 Jul 2015 03:23:43 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: geert.uytterhoeven@gmail.com In-Reply-To: References: <201507080121.41463.PeterHuewe@gmx.de> <559C73DF.2030008@roeck-us.net> <20150708114011.3a1f1861@noble> <2879113.fraeuJIr2M@avalon> <20150709193718.GD9169@vmdeb7> <1436481109.3324.219.camel@infradead.org> <20150710003559.GT11162@sirena.org.uk> <20150710020706.GH111846@vmdeb7> <20150710155144.34dde697@gandalf.local.home> <1436558412.24408.35.camel@infradead.org> <20150710163141.490def2a@gandalf.local.home> <1436560838.24408.52.camel@infradead.org> Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 12:23:43 +0200 Message-ID: From: Geert Uytterhoeven To: Josh Boyer Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: Jason Cooper , "ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org" Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] Recruitment (Reviewers, Testers, Maintainers, Hobbyists) List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 10:43 PM, Josh Boyer wrote: >> Can one still send "from" GMail via SMTP these days? How does the 2 >> -factor authentication work? Do we cope with that? > > You can, but it doesn't support 2FA. You have to generate one of > those "device" or "application" passwords and use that instead. > Things might have changed since I last set it up, but that is what I > had to do to use google SMTP via mutt. Yes, works fine. I use that on my laptop (at home I have local SMTP). Add to .gitconfig: [sendemail] smtpencryption = tls smtpserver = smtp.gmail.com smtpuser = who-am-i@gmail.com smtppass = secret-app-password smtpserverport = 587 I'd actually encourage newcomers to use that, is it teaches them how to set up device or app-specific passwords, too ;-) Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds