diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index ced35b2f53..3dfdc7cca6 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