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Re: [PATCH v4] send-email: add --[no-]outlook-id-fix option

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 29, 2025, 23:08 UTC
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<xmqq5xim4lcb.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To
<PN3PR01MB9597AD101D75F316C722E84CB8802@PN3PR01MB9597.INDPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live.com> writes:
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> Add an option to allow users to specifically enable or disable
> retrieving the Message-ID from the Outlook SMTP server. This can be used
> for other hosts mimicking the behaviour of Outlook, or for users who set
> a custom domain to be a CNAME for the Outlook SMTP server.
>
> While at it, lets also add missing * in description of --no-smtp-auth.
>
> Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live.com>
> ---
> v2: Replace tab with spaces in "outlookidtweak" => \$outlook_id_tweak,
> v3: Rename to --[no-]outlook-id-fix and make it bool. Also add missing
>     * in description of --no-smtp-auth.
> v4: Improve documentation and the log message. Also, have the final
>     "return $outlook_id_fix;" on its own line.
>
>  Documentation/git-send-email.adoc | 13 +++++++++++++
>  git-send-email.perl               | 14 ++++++++++++--
>  2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc b/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc
> index 7f223db42d..7ccca16296 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc
> +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc
> @@ -115,6 +115,19 @@ illustration below where `[PATCH v2 0/3]` is in reply to `[PATCH 0/2]`:
>  Only necessary if --compose is also set.  If --compose
>  is not set, this will be prompted for.
>  
> +--[no-]outlook-id-fix::
> +	Microsoft Outlook SMTP servers discard the Message-ID sent via email and
> +	assign a new random Message-ID, thus breaking threads.
> +
> +	With `--outlook-id-fix`, 'git send-email' uses a mechanism specific to
> +	Outlook servers to learn the Message-ID the server assigned to fix the
> +	threading. Use it only when you know that the server reports the
> +	rewritten Message-ID the same way as Outlook servers do.
> +
> +	Without this option specified, the fix is done by default when talking
> +	to 'smtp.office365.com' or 'smtp-mail.outlook.com'. Use
> +	`--no-outlook-id-fix` to disable even when talking to these two servers.

You'd need the usual "a line with only + on it as the paragraph separator, with subsequent paragraphs dedented" mark-up. I'll tweak this part on my end.

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  1. 0/3 send-email: add oauth2 support and fix outlook breaking threadsAditya Garg, Apr 23, 2025
  2. 1/3 send-email: implement SMTP bearer authenticationAditya Garg, Apr 23, 2025
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2025
  4. Aditya GargApr 23, 2025
  5. Greg Kroah-HartmanApr 24, 2025
  6. Aditya GargApr 24, 2025
  7. 2/3 send-email: retrieve Message-ID from outlook SMTP serverAditya Garg, Apr 23, 2025
  8. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2025
  9. brian m. carlsonApr 23, 2025
  10. Aditya GargApr 24, 2025
  11. 3/3 send-email: add option to generate passswords like OAuth2 tokensAditya Garg, Apr 23, 2025
  12. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2025
  13. Aditya GargApr 24, 2025
  14. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2025
  15. M HickfordApr 23, 2025
  16. Aditya GargApr 24, 2025
  17. 0/3 send-email: add oauth2 support and fix outlook breaking threadsAditya Garg, Apr 24, 2025
  18. 1/3 send-email: implement SMTP bearer authenticationAditya Garg, Apr 24, 2025
  19. Julian SwagemakersApr 24, 2025
  20. 2/3 send-email: retrieve Message-ID from outlook SMTP serverAditya Garg, Apr 24, 2025
  21. Greg Kroah-HartmanApr 24, 2025
  22. Yao ZiApr 26, 2025
  23. Aditya GargApr 27, 2025
  24. Yao ZiApr 28, 2025
  25. Aditya GargApr 27, 2025
  26. 3/3 send-email: add option to generate passswords like OAuth2 tokensAditya Garg, Apr 24, 2025
  27. Julian SwagemakersApr 24, 2025
  28. Aditya GargApr 24, 2025
  29. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2025
  30. Aditya GargApr 24, 2025
  31. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2025
  32. 0/1 send-email: add oauth2 support and fix outlook breaking threadsAditya Garg, Apr 25, 2025
  33. 1/1 send-email: retrieve Message-ID from outlook SMTP serverAditya Garg, Apr 25, 2025
  34. Aditya GargApr 25, 2025
  35. Erik HuelsmannApr 25, 2025
  36. Junio C HamanoApr 25, 2025
  37. Erik HuelsmannApr 25, 2025
  38. Aditya GargApr 25, 2025
  39. Junio C HamanoApr 25, 2025
  40. Aditya GargApr 25, 2025
  41. Aditya GargApr 26, 2025
  42. Eric SunshineApr 26, 2025
  43. Aditya GargApr 26, 2025
  44. Junio C HamanoApr 28, 2025
  45. send-email: add --smtp-outlook-id-tweak optionAditya Garg, Apr 28, 2025
  46. send-email: add --smtp-outlook-id-tweak optionAditya Garg, Apr 28, 2025
  47. Junio C HamanoApr 28, 2025
  48. Aditya GargApr 29, 2025
  49. send-email: add --[no-]outlook-id-fix optionAditya Garg, Apr 29, 2025
  50. Aditya GargApr 29, 2025
  51. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2025
  52. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2025
  53. Aditya GargApr 29, 2025
  54. send-email: add --[no-]outlook-id-fix optionAditya Garg, Apr 29, 2025
  55. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2025
  56. Aditya GargApr 30, 2025
  57. Aditya GargApr 24, 2025
  58. Erik HuelsmannApr 24, 2025
  59. Julian SwagemakersApr 25, 2025
  60. Aditya GargApr 25, 2025
  61. Aditya GargApr 25, 2025
  62. Erik HulsmannApr 25, 2025
  63. Aditya GargApr 24, 2025

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