From: Mark Brown Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:22:20 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] Allow e-mails to be sent with the Unix sendmail tool Message-ID: <20080715122203.GN25448@sirena.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20080713114026.18845.77979.stgit@localhost.localdomain> On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 12:40:26PM +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote: > If the stgit.smtpserver configuration option does not have a host:port > format, it is assumed to be an external tool. For example, to use > sendmail just set this variable to "/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i" (see the > examples/gitconfig file). I'd really expect to be able to just specify the hostname alone if using the standard SMTP port. Perhaps checking for a / in the server might be less surprising? -- "You grabbed my hand and we fell into it, like a daydream - or a fever."