Re: git send-email friendly smtp provider anyone?

[Simon Ser]

On Monday, November 21st, 2022 at 18:02, Simon Ser <contact@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Monday, November 21st, 2022 at 17:52, Noralf Trønnes noralf@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > Den 21.11.2022 14.33, skrev Simon Ser:
> > 
> > > I think you can apply for a linux.dev mailbox 1.
> > 
> > Yeah you're right, I didn't know about that possibility.
> > But it depends on whether or not I can just use their smtp server and
> > keep my current email address. This looks like what's the problem with
> > my current ISP, I need to use the email account I have in their email
> > service (that I've never used) for sending through their smtp server,
> > but I want to send From: another email address.
> 
> That's not possible. It breaks DKIM, so your emails will end up in Spam
> folders or be rejected. You need to use the SMTP server tied to your
> email address.

That said, you can send patches from an email address different from
the one in your patches. IOW, you can send patches committed by
<noralf@xxxxxxxxxxx> from any email account.

The From in the email header won't match the commit, but the very first
line of the patch will hold that information.