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Doc update. * vv/send-email-with-less-secure-apps-access: git-send-email.txt: mention less secure app access with Gmail
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Documentation/git-send-email.txt

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@@ -494,10 +494,14 @@ edit ~/.gitconfig to specify your account settings:
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smtpServerPort = 587
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If you have multifactor authentication setup on your gmail account, you will
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If you have multi-factor authentication set up on your Gmail account, you will
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need to generate an app-specific password for use with 'git send-email'. Visit
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https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords to create it.
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If you do not have multi-factor authentication set up on your Gmail account,
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you will need to allow less secure app access. Visit
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https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps to enable it.
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Once your commits are ready to be sent to the mailing list, run the
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following commands:
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