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.
+ and --to-cmd is not specified, this will be prompted for.
+
The --to option must be repeated for each user you want on the to list.
+--8bit-encoding=<encoding>::
+ When encountering a non-ASCII message or subject that does not
+ declare its encoding, add headers/quoting to indicate it is
+ encoded in <encoding>. Default is the value of the
+ 'sendemail.assume8bitEncoding'; if that is unspecified, this
+ will be prompted for if any non-ASCII files are encountered.
++
+Note that no attempts whatsoever are made to validate the encoding.
+
Sending
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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
are also accepted. The port can also be set with the
'sendemail.smtpserverport' configuration variable.
+--smtp-server-option=<option>::
+ If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server option to use.
+ Default value can be specified by the 'sendemail.smtpserveroption'
+ configuration option.
++
+The --smtp-server-option option must be repeated for each option you want
+to pass to the server. Likewise, different lines in the configuration files
+must be used for each option.
+
--smtp-ssl::
Legacy alias for '--smtp-encryption ssl'.
Automating
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+--to-cmd=<command>::
+ Specify a command to execute once per patch file which
+ should generate patch file specific "To:" entries.
+ Output of this command must be single email address per line.
+ Default is the value of 'sendemail.tocmd' configuration value.
+
--cc-cmd=<command>::
Specify a command to execute once per patch file which
should generate patch file specific "Cc:" entries.