Merge branch 'bg/send-email-smtpdomain'

[git.git] / Documentation / git-send-email.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index ced35b2f532dde3580f162a0c23b642002a0e508..12622fc49a0825fa8423c46ddddc06ff89f292d4 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -119,6 +119,13 @@ Sending
        value reverts to plain SMTP.  Default is the value of
        'sendemail.smtpencryption'.
 
+--smtp-domain=<FQDN>::
+       Specifies the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) used in the
+       HELO/EHLO command to the SMTP server.  Some servers require the
+       FQDN to match your IP address.  If not set, git send-email attempts
+       to determine your FQDN automatically.  Default is the value of
+       'sendemail.smtpdomain'.
+
 --smtp-pass[=<password>]::
        Password for SMTP-AUTH. The argument is optional: If no
        argument is specified, then the empty string is used as
@@ -300,6 +307,21 @@ 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>