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[PATCH v4] send-email: --batch-size to work around some SMTP server limit

From
xiaoqiang zhao <zxq_yx_007@163.com>
Date
May 13, 2017, 01:57 UTC
Message-ID
<20170513015726.20281-1-zxq_yx_007@163.com>

Some email servers (e.g. smtp.163.com) limit the number emails to be sent per session(connection) and this will lead to a faliure when sending many messages.

Teach send-email to disconnect after sending a number of messages (configurable via the --batch-size=<num> option), wait for a few seconds (configurable via the --relogin-delay=<seconds> option) and reconnect, to work around such a limit.

Also add this two configure option for git config command.
Note:
   Re-authentication will happen every $<batch-size> messages, so it
will be much more acceptable if you use some form of credential helper
(e.g. the 'sendemail.smtppass' config option), otherwise you will have
to retype password every time when asked.
Signed-off-by: xiaoqiang zhao <zxq_yx_007@163.com>
---
 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash |  2 ++
 git-send-email.perl                    | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index af658995d..29496353a 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -2608,6 +2608,8 @@ _git_config ()
 		sendemail.thread
 		sendemail.to
 		sendemail.validate
+		sendemail.smtpbatchsize
+		sendemail.smtprelogindelay
 		showbranch.default
 		status.relativePaths
 		status.showUntrackedFiles
diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
index eea0a517f..071d1ab9d 100755
--- a/git-send-email.perl
+++ b/git-send-email.perl
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ git send-email --dump-aliases
                                      This setting forces to use one of the listed mechanisms.
     --smtp-debug            <0|1>  * Disable, enable Net::SMTP debug.
 
+    --batch-size            <int>  * send max <int> message per connection.
+    --relogin-delay         <int>  * delay <int> seconds between two successive login, default to 1,
+                                     This option can only be used with --batch-size
+
   Automating:
     --identity              <str>  * Use the sendemail.<id> options.
     --to-cmd                <str>  * Email To: via `<str> \$patch_path`
@@ -153,6 +157,7 @@ my $have_email_valid = eval { require Email::Valid; 1 };
 my $have_mail_address = eval { require Mail::Address; 1 };
 my $smtp;
 my $auth;
+my $num_sent = 0;
 
 # Regexes for RFC 2047 productions.
 my $re_token = qr/[^][()<>@,;:\\"\/?.= \000-\037\177-\377]+/;
@@ -216,6 +221,7 @@ my ($cover_cc, $cover_to);
 my ($to_cmd, $cc_cmd);
 my ($smtp_server, $smtp_server_port, @smtp_server_options);
 my ($smtp_authuser, $smtp_encryption, $smtp_ssl_cert_path);
+my ($batch_size, $relogin_delay);
 my ($identity, $aliasfiletype, @alias_files, $smtp_domain, $smtp_auth);
 my ($validate, $confirm);
 my (@suppress_cc);
@@ -247,6 +253,8 @@ my %config_settings = (
     "smtppass" => \$smtp_authpass,
     "smtpdomain" => \$smtp_domain,
     "smtpauth" => \$smtp_auth,
+    "smtpbatchsize" => \$batch_size,
+    "smtprelogindelay" => \$relogin_delay,
     "to" => \@initial_to,
     "tocmd" => \$to_cmd,
     "cc" => \@initial_cc,
@@ -358,6 +366,8 @@ $rc = GetOptions(
 		    "force" => \$force,
 		    "xmailer!" => \$use_xmailer,
 		    "no-xmailer" => sub {$use_xmailer = 0},
+		    "batch-size=i" => \$batch_size,
+		    "relogin-delay=i" => \$relogin_delay,
 	 );
 
 usage() if $help;
@@ -1664,6 +1674,14 @@ foreach my $t (@files) {
 		}
 	}
 	$message_id = undef;
+	$num_sent++;
+	if ($num_sent == $batch_size) {
+		$num_sent = 0;
+		$smtp->quit if defined $smtp;
+		undef $smtp;
+		undef $auth;
+		sleep($relogin_delay);
+	}
 }
 
 # Execute a command (e.g. $to_cmd) to get a list of email addresses
-- 
2.13.0.rc2.49.g12cd49e6e
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