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Re: [PATCH 1/4] Allow e-mails to be sent with the Unix sendmail tool

From
Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com>
Date
Jul 15, 2008, 12:34 UTC
Message-ID
<20080715123432.GB17008@diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk>
In-Reply-To
<20080715122203.GN25448@sirena.org.uk>
On 2008-07-15 13:22:20 +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
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> 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?

This is actually what the code does, and what the documentation claims it should do. It's just the commit message that's confused. Catalin?

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Previous: Mark BrownNext: Catalin Marinas
Message 4 of 17 in “Proposed patches”
  1. 0/4 Proposed patchesCatalin Marinas, Jul 13, 2008
  2. 1/4 Allow e-mails to be sent with the Unix sendmail toolCatalin Marinas, Jul 13, 2008
  3. Mark BrownJul 15, 2008
  4. Karl HasselströmJul 15, 2008
  5. Catalin MarinasJul 15, 2008
  6. 2/4 Implement a new patch identification scheme and id commandCatalin Marinas, Jul 13, 2008
  7. Karl HasselströmJul 14, 2008
  8. 3/4 Convert git_id() to the new id formatCatalin Marinas, Jul 13, 2008
  9. Karl HasselströmJul 14, 2008
  10. Catalin MarinasAug 21, 2008
  11. Fix some remaining old-style stg id callsKarl Hasselström, Jul 25, 2008
  12. Catalin MarinasJul 27, 2008
  13. 4/4 Remove the applied/unapplied commandsCatalin Marinas, Jul 13, 2008
  14. Catalin MarinasJul 13, 2008
  15. Lukas SandströmJul 13, 2008
  16. Catalin MarinasJul 13, 2008
  17. Karl HasselströmJul 14, 2008

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