How to send the [PATCH 0/x] kind of emails?

[Greg KH]

On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 09:18:54AM -0800, Mandeep Sandhu wrote:
> >
> > Have you asked the original author about this?  There has to be some
> > reason the patch was not accepted, right?  Try asking them what happened
> 
> No, because the email address recorded in the patch is no longer valid.

If that's the case, then I can't accept an invalid "From:" line on a
patch, sorry.  I need an address of someone that will be responsible for
it.

So in that case, put your address as a "From:" and in the body say,
"Originally written by .... but forward ported by me" or something to
that affect.

thanks,

greg k-h