[PATCH v2] docs: update sendmail docs to use more secure SMTP server for Gmail
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Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live.com>
- Date
- Aug 26, 2025, 15:09 UTC
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Earlier recommendation by IETF with RFC 2595 was to deprecate implicit TLS in preference for upgrade an initially unencrypted connection with STARTTLS command. These days, however, IETF recommends that connections be made using "Implicit TLS", in preference to STARTTLS and the like, completely reversing their earlier position, in RFC8314.
Update the GMail example to use the implicit TLS to match the current recommendation at port 465.
Signed-off-by: Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live.com> --- Documentation/git-send-email.adoc | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc b/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc index daddaae36d..8aa54e36e7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc @@ -565,10 +565,10 @@ edit `~/.gitconfig` to specify your account settings: ---- [sendemail] - smtpEncryption = tls + smtpEncryption = ssl smtpServer = smtp.gmail.com smtpUser = yourname@gmail.com - smtpServerPort = 587 + smtpServerPort = 465 ---- Gmail does not allow using your regular password for `git send-email`. @@ -586,10 +586,10 @@ if you want to use `OAUTHBEARER`, edit your `~/.gitconfig` file and add ---- [sendemail] - smtpEncryption = tls + smtpEncryption = ssl smtpServer = smtp.gmail.com smtpUser = yourname@gmail.com - smtpServerPort = 587 + smtpServerPort = 465 smtpAuth = OAUTHBEARER ---- Range-diff against v1: -: ---------- > 1: 6b73d4bb6c docs: update sendmail docs to use more secure SMTP server for Gmail
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