NAME
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-git-imap-send - Dump a mailbox from stdin into an imap folder
+git-imap-send - Send a collection of patches from stdin to an IMAP folder
SYNOPSIS
--------
+[verse]
'git imap-send'
DESCRIPTION
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-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 sent with mail clients that cannot read mailbox
-files directly.
+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. 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:
CONFIGURATION
-------------
-'git-imap-send' requires the following values in the repository
-configuration file (shown with examples):
+To use the tool, imap.folder and either imap.tunnel or imap.host must be set
+to appropriate values.
+
+Variables
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+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.
+
+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.
+
+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.
+
+imap.user::
+ The username to use when logging in to the server.
+
+imap.pass::
+ The password to use when logging in to the server.
+
+imap.port::
+ An integer port number to connect to on the server.
+ Defaults to 143 for imap:// hosts and 993 for imaps:// hosts.
+ Ignored when imap.tunnel is set.
+
+imap.sslverify::
+ A boolean to enable/disable verification of the server certificate
+ used by the SSL/TLS connection. Default is `true`. Ignored when
+ imap.tunnel is set.
+
+imap.preformattedHTML::
+ A boolean to enable/disable the use of html encoding when sending
+ a patch. An html encoded patch will be bracketed with <pre>
+ and have a content type of text/html. Ironically, enabling this
+ 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.
+
+Examples
+~~~~~~~~
+
+Using tunnel mode:
..........................
[imap]
- Folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
+ folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
+ tunnel = "ssh -q -C user@example.com /usr/bin/imapd ./Maildir 2> /dev/null"
+..........................
-[imap]
- Tunnel = "ssh -q user@server.com /usr/bin/imapd ./Maildir 2> /dev/null"
+Using direct mode:
+.........................
[imap]
- Host = imap.server.com
- User = bob
- Pass = pwd
- Port = 143
+ folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
+ host = imap://imap.example.com
+ user = bob
+ pass = p4ssw0rd
..........................
+Using direct mode with SSL:
-BUGS
-----
-Doesn't handle lines starting with "From " in the message body.
+.........................
+[imap]
+ folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
+ host = imaps://imap.example.com
+ user = bob
+ pass = p4ssw0rd
+ port = 123
+ sslverify = false
+..........................
-Author
-------
-Derived from isync 1.0.1 by Mike McCormack.
+EXAMPLE
+-------
+To submit patches using GMail's IMAP interface, first, edit your ~/.gitconfig
+to specify your account settings:
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Mike McCormack
+---------
+[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
+-------
+It is still your responsibility to make sure that the email message
+sent by your email program meets the standards of your project.
+Many projects do not like patches to be attached. Some mail
+agents will transform patches (e.g. wrap lines, send them as
+format=flowed) in ways that make them fail. You will get angry
+flames ridiculing you if you don't check this.
+
+Thunderbird in particular is known to be problematic. Thunderbird
+users may wish to visit this web page for more information:
+ http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plain_text_e-mail_-_Thunderbird#Completely_plain_email
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-format-patch[1], linkgit:git-send-email[1], mbox(5)
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