Return-path: Received: from mout.web.de ([212.227.17.11]:63864 "EHLO mout.web.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933449AbbGHNqt (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Jul 2015 09:46:49 -0400 Subject: Re: Clarification for the use of additional fields in the message body To: Julian Calaby References: <530DD06F.4090703@users.sourceforge.net> <5317A59D.4@users.sourceforge.net> <558EB32E.6090003@users.sourceforge.net> <558EB4DE.3080406@users.sourceforge.net> <20150707023103.GA22043@kroah.com> <559B6FF8.9010704@users.sourceforge.net> <559B85CD.6040200@users.sourceforge.net> <559BBDD6.7040808@users.sourceforge.net> <559BFB19.2080700@users.sourceforge.net> <559CCC9D.8050606@users.sourceforge.net> <559CED4C.1080402@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: Frans Klaver , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Chris Park , Dean Lee , Johnny Kim , Rachel Kim , linux-wireless , "devel@driverdev.osuosl.org" , Julia Lawall , kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, LKML From: SF Markus Elfring Message-ID: <559D29B9.2080408@users.sourceforge.net> (sfid-20150708_154708_967281_66A4AE57) Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 15:46:33 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > Is there truly no way to simplify that process? I see some software development possibilities which could improve the communication with high volume mailing lists. > You should be sending the patches directly with SMTP using git-send-email, This tool is also fine for the publishing of a lot of patches. > if you're not, then you're making things overly complicated for yourself. But I prefer a graphical user interface for my mail handling so far. > Having a feature doesn't mean that it should be used. Does any of the "questionable functionality" get occasionally overlooked a bit too often? Regards, Markus