# [PATCH] imap-send: clarify CRAM-MD5 vs LOGIN documentation 1 messages from 2014-07-28 to 2014-07-28. Participants: Tony Finch. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/37228 ## Tony Finch, 2014-07-28 10:49 Subject: [PATCH] imap-send: clarify CRAM-MD5 vs LOGIN documentation Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/alpine.LSU.2.00.1407281149070.13901%40hermes-1.csi.cam.ac.uk ``` Explicitly mention that leaving imap.authMethod unset makes git imap-send use the basic IMAP plaintext LOGIN command. --- Documentation/git-imap-send.txt | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt index 875d283..770cbe8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt @@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ imap.preformattedHTML:: imap.authMethod:: Specify authenticate method for authentication with IMAP server. - Current supported method is 'CRAM-MD5' only. + Current supported method is 'CRAM-MD5' only. If this is not set + then 'git imap-send' uses the basic IMAP plaintext LOGIN command. Examples ~~~~~~~~ -- 2.0.3.dirty ```