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authorPing Yin <pkufranky@gmail.com>2010-04-24 15:34:02 +0800
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-05-04 10:12:26 -0700
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Documentation/git-send-email: Add "Use gmail as the smtp server"
Signed-off-by: Ping Yin <pkufranky@gmail.com> Acked by: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -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
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Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>