From: Jari Aalto Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:37:28 +0000 (+0300) Subject: send-email documentation: clarify --smtp-server X-Git-Tag: v1.5.1.3~1 X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=928a559000e1c9ba0d570c5d3d4e11155b4d1ffd;p=git.git send-email documentation: clarify --smtp-server It can be either hostname/address, or a full path to a local executable. Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index 795db873f..7ae39fd5a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ The --cc option must be repeated for each user you want on the cc list. --in-reply-to:: Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header. - Subsequent emails will refer to the previous email + Subsequent emails will refer to the previous email instead of this if --chain-reply-to is set (the default) Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose is not set, this will be prompted for. @@ -68,8 +68,9 @@ The --cc option must be repeated for each user you want on the cc list. all that is output. --smtp-server:: - If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use. A full - pathname of a sendmail-like program can be specified instead; + If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use (e.g. + `smtp.example.com` or a raw IP address). Alternatively it can + specify a full pathname of a sendmail-like program instead; the program must support the `-i` option. Default value can be specified by the 'sendemail.smtpserver' configuration option; the built-in default is `/usr/sbin/sendmail` or