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Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/git-send-email: Add "Use gmail as the smtp server"

## tl;dr

2 messages between Apr 24, 2010 and Apr 24, 2010. Diffs are folded; open one to read it.

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Ping Yin· Apr 24, 2010, 07:34 UTC · lore
Signed-off-by: Ping Yin <pkufranky@gmail.com>
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 Documentation/git-send-email.txt |   15 +++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
Show changes to Documentation/git-send-email.txt +15 −0
diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index ced35b2..3dfdc7c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -300,6 +300,21 @@ sendemail.confirm::
 	in the previous section for the meaning of these values.
 
 
+Use gmail as the smtp server
+----------------------------
+
+Add the following section to the config file:
+
+	[sendemail]
+		smtpencryption = tls
+		smtpserver = smtp.gmail.com
+		smtpuser = yourname@gmail.com
+		smtpserverport = 587
+
+Note: the following perl modules are required
+      Net::SMTP::SSL, MIME::Base64 and Authen::SASL
+
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
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1.7.1.rc2.265.g8743f
Sverre Rabbelier· Apr 24, 2010, 23:03 UTC · re: Ping Yin · lore

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-send-email: Add "Use gmail as the smtp server"

Heya,
On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 09:34, Ping Yin <pkufranky@gmail.com> wrote:
> +Use gmail as the smtp server

I use this setup myself, and I think it's very convenient to have this in there, so fwiw:

Acked by: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
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Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier

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