--in-reply-to=<identifier>::
Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header.
Subsequent emails will refer to the previous email
- instead of this if --chain-reply-to is set (the default)
+ instead of this if --chain-reply-to is set.
Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose
is not set, this will be prompted for.
value reverts to plain SMTP. Default is the value of
'sendemail.smtpencryption'.
+--smtp-domain=<FQDN>::
+ Specifies the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) used in the
+ HELO/EHLO command to the SMTP server. Some servers require the
+ FQDN to match your IP address. If not set, git send-email attempts
+ to determine your FQDN automatically. Default is the value of
+ 'sendemail.smtpdomain'.
+
--smtp-pass[=<password>]::
Password for SMTP-AUTH. The argument is optional: If no
argument is specified, then the empty string is used as
email sent. If disabled with "--no-chain-reply-to", all emails after
the first will be sent as replies to the first email sent. When using
this, it is recommended that the first file given be an overview of the
- entire patch series. Default is the value of the 'sendemail.chainreplyto'
- configuration value; if that is unspecified, default to --chain-reply-to.
+ entire patch series. Disabled by default, but the 'sendemail.chainreplyto'
+ configuration variable can be used to enable it.
--identity=<identity>::
A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the
in the previous section for the meaning of these values.
+Use gmail as the smtp server
+----------------------------
+
+Add the following section to the config file:
+
+ [sendemail]
+ smtpencryption = tls
+ smtpserver = smtp.gmail.com
+ smtpuser = yourname@gmail.com
+ smtpserverport = 587
+
+Note: the following perl modules are required
+ Net::SMTP::SSL, MIME::Base64 and Authen::SASL
+
+
Author
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Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>