servers typically listen to smtp port 25 and ssmtp port
465).
---smtp-user, --smtp-pass::
- Username and password for SMTP-AUTH. Defaults are the values of
- the configuration values 'sendemail.smtpuser' and
- 'sendemail.smtppass', but see also 'sendemail.identity'.
- If not set, authentication is not attempted.
+--smtp-user::
+ Username for SMTP-AUTH. In place of this option, the following
+ configuration variables can be specified:
++
+--
+ * sendemail.smtpuser
+ * sendemail.<identity>.smtpuser (see sendemail.identity).
+--
++
+However, --smtp-user always overrides these variables.
++
+If a username is not specified (with --smtp-user or a
+configuration variable), then authentication is not attempted.
+
+--smtp-pass::
+ Password for SMTP-AUTH. The argument is optional: If no
+ argument is specified, then the empty string is used as
+ the password.
++
+In place of this option, the following configuration variables
+can be specified:
++
+--
+ * sendemail.smtppass
+ * sendemail.<identity>.smtppass (see sendemail.identity).
+--
++
+However, --smtp-pass always overrides these variables.
++
+Furthermore, passwords need not be specified in configuration files
+or on the command line. If a username has been specified (with
+--smtp-user or a configuration variable), but no password has been
+specified (with --smtp-pass or a configuration variable), then the
+user is prompted for a password while the input is masked for privacy.
--smtp-ssl::
If set, connects to the SMTP server using SSL.
Default is the value of 'sendemail.suppressfrom' configuration value;
if that is unspecified, default to --no-suppress-from.
+--suppress-cc::
+ Specify an additional category of recipients to suppress the
+ auto-cc of. 'self' will avoid including the sender, 'author' will
+ avoid including the patch author, 'cc' will avoid including anyone
+ mentioned in Cc lines in the patch, 'sob' will avoid including
+ anyone mentioned in Signed-off-by lines, and 'cccmd' will avoid
+ running the --cc-cmd. 'all' will suppress all auto cc values.
+ Default is the value of 'sendemail.suppresscc' configuration value;
+ if that is unspecified, default to 'self' if --suppress-from is
+ specified, as well as 'sob' if --no-signed-off-cc is specified.
+
--thread, --no-thread::
If this is set, the In-Reply-To header will be set on each email sent.
If disabled with "--no-thread", no emails will have the In-Reply-To
Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated.
Generally, this will be the upstream maintainer of the
project involved.
+ Default is the value of the 'sendemail.to' configuration value;
+ if that is unspecified, this will be prompted for.
+
The --to option must be repeated for each user you want on the to list.
'sendemail.<identity>.<item>' will have higher precedence than
'sendemail.<item>'. This is useful to declare multiple SMTP
identities and to hoist sensitive authentication information
- out of the repository and into the global configuation file.
+ out of the repository and into the global configuration file.
sendemail.aliasesfile::
To avoid typing long email addresses, point this to one or more
GIT
---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite