Need help: git configuration for sending emails
Hi,
I'm not able to send email using git send-email feature. I've installed git and git-send-email packages and now i need to send patches using git send-email feature. While trying to do so I get following error message:
"5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first."
Some information regarding my setup:
slackjaw@swamp:~/linux-next$ cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 11.10 \n \l
slackjaw@swamp:~/linux-next$ cat ~/.gitconfig
[user]
name = Amit
email = <XYZ@xyz.com>
[sendemail]
smtpserver = smtp.googlemail.com
git command to send patch:
slackjaw@swamp:~/linux-next$ git send-email --to "abc@xyz.com" 0001-Adding-debugging-level-for-printk.patch
The above command returns with error message as mentioned above. Thank you for your help.
-Amit
P.S.
I'm able to send and receive mails when I use thunderbird's default settings which means that there is no issue with the port number or the authentication method for the outgoing mails.
Git config file incomplete
Quote:
Originally Posted by
amit4g 
Hi,
I'm not able to send email using git send-email feature. I've installed git and git-send-email packages and now i need to send patches using git send-email feature. While trying to do so I get following error message:
"5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first."
Some information regarding my setup:
slackjaw@swamp:~/linux-next$ cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 11.10 \n \l
slackjaw@swamp:~/linux-next$ cat ~/.gitconfig
[user]
name = Amit
email = <XYZ@xyz.com>
[sendemail]
smtpserver = smtp.googlemail.com
git command to send patch:
slackjaw@swamp:~/linux-next$ git send-email --to "abc@xyz.com" 0001-Adding-debugging-level-for-printk.patch
The above command returns with error message as mentioned above. Thank you for your help.
-Amit
P.S.
I'm able to send and receive mails when I use thunderbird's default settings which means that there is no issue with the port number or the authentication method for the outgoing mails.
Hey Amit,
I think your git config is not complete. Not sure if this solves your problem, but you can give it a try.
Sample config file for git [taken from a blog of B V Satyaram, as I can not post url as of now]
[user]
name = Shailendra Kumar
email = skr@gmail.com
[core]
editor = vim
whitespace = fix,-indent-with-non-tab,trailing-space,cr-at-eol
[sendemail]
smtpencryption = tls
smtpserver = smtp.gmail.com
smtpuser = skr@gmail.com
smtppass = password
smtpserverport = 587
to = git@vger.kernel.org
[web]
browser = google-chrome
[rerere]
enabled = 1
autoupdate = 1
[alias]
s = status
sb = status -s -b
#############
sa = stash apply
sc = stash clear
sd = stash drop
sl = stash list
sp = stash pop
ss = stash save
#############
d = diff
dc = diff --cached
dk = diff --check
dck = diff --cached --check
#############
c = commit
ca = commit -a
cm = commit -m
cam = commit -am
cd = commit --amend
cad = commit -a --amend
#############
a = add .
#############
ap = apply
as = apply --stat
ac = apply --check
#############
l = log --oneline
lg = log --oneline --graph --decorate
#############
o = checkout
ob = checkout -b
#############
b = branch
ba = branch -a
bd = branch -d
br = branch -r
#############
f = fetch
fo = fetch origin
#############
fp = format-patch
#############
fk = fsck
#############
m = merge
#############
pr = prune -v
#############
ps = push
pl = pull
pb = pull --rebase
psf = push -f
psu = push -u
plu = pull -u
pso = push origin
plo = pull origin
pbo = pull --rebase origin
psfo = push -f origin
psuo = push -u origin
pluo = pull -u origin
#############
rb = rebase
#############
re = reset
rh = reset HEAD
reh = reset --hard
rem = reset --mixed
res = reset --soft
rehh = reset --hard HEAD
remh = reset --mixed HEAD
resh = reset --soft HEAD
#############
r = remote
ra = remote add
rm = remote rm
rv = remote -v
rp = remote prune
rs = remote show
rso = remote show origin
rpo = remote prune origin
#############
w = show
#############
meldon = config diff.external /home/kshailendra/.meld.py
meldof = config --remove-section diff
#############
human = name-rev --name-only --refs=refs/heads/*
[color]
ui = true
[color "branch"]
current = yellow bold
local = green bold
remote = cyan bold
[color "diff"]
meta = yellow bold
frag = magenta bold
old = red bold
new = green bold
whitespace = red reverse
[color "status"]
added = green bold
changed = yellow bold
untracked = red bold
[github]
user = kshailendra
token = token
Here your concern seems to be secured connection to smtp server. So setting smtp server port to 587 should help. Do let me know, if it works ;)
