SYNOPSIS
--------
+[verse]
'git imap-send'
This command uploads a mailbox generated with 'git format-patch'
into an IMAP drafts folder. This allows patches to be sent as
other email is when using mail clients that cannot read mailbox
-files directly.
+files directly. The command also works with any general mailbox
+in which emails have the fields "From", "Date", and "Subject" in
+that order.
Typical usage is something like:
imap.folder::
The folder to drop the mails into, which is typically the Drafts
folder. For example: "INBOX.Drafts", "INBOX/Drafts" or
- "[Gmail]/Drafts". Required to use imap-send.
+ "[Gmail]/Drafts". Required.
imap.tunnel::
Command used to setup a tunnel to the IMAP server through which
commands will be piped instead of using a direct network connection
- to the server. Required when imap.host is not set to use imap-send.
+ to the server. Required when imap.host is not set.
imap.host::
A URL identifying the server. Use a `imap://` prefix for non-secure
connections and a `imaps://` prefix for secure connections.
- Ignored when imap.tunnel is set, but required to use imap-send
- otherwise.
+ Ignored when imap.tunnel is set, but required otherwise.
imap.user::
The username to use when logging in to the server.
option causes Thunderbird to send the patch as a plain/text,
format=fixed email. Default is `false`.
+imap.authMethod::
+ Specify authenticate method for authentication with IMAP server.
+ Current supported method is 'CRAM-MD5' only. If this is not set
+ then 'git imap-send' uses the basic IMAP plaintext LOGIN command.
+
Examples
~~~~~~~~
host = imap://imap.example.com
user = bob
pass = p4ssw0rd
-..........................
+.........................
Using direct mode with SSL:
pass = p4ssw0rd
port = 123
sslverify = false
-..........................
+.........................
+
+
+EXAMPLE
+-------
+To submit patches using GMail's IMAP interface, first, edit your ~/.gitconfig
+to specify your account settings:
+
+---------
+[imap]
+ folder = "[Gmail]/Drafts"
+ host = imaps://imap.gmail.com
+ user = user@gmail.com
+ port = 993
+ sslverify = false
+---------
+You might need to instead use: folder = "[Google Mail]/Drafts" if you get an error
+that the "Folder doesn't exist".
+
+Once the commits are ready to be sent, run the following command:
+
+ $ git format-patch --cover-letter -M --stdout origin/master | git imap-send
+
+Just make sure to disable line wrapping in the email client (GMail's web
+interface will wrap lines no matter what, so you need to use a real
+IMAP client).
CAUTION
-------
users may wish to visit this web page for more information:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plain_text_e-mail_-_Thunderbird#Completely_plain_email
-
-BUGS
-----
-Doesn't handle lines starting with "From " in the message body.
-
-
-Author
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-Derived from isync 1.0.1 by Mike McCormack.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Mike McCormack
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-format-patch[1], linkgit:git-send-email[1], mbox(5)
GIT
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