GIT-IMAP-SEND(1) Git Manual GIT-IMAP-SEND(1) NAME git-imap-send - Send a collection of patches from stdin to an IMAP folder SYNOPSIS git imap-send [-v] [-q] [--[no-]curl] DESCRIPTION This command uploads a mailbox generated with git format-patch into an IMAP drafts folder. This allows patches to be sent as other email is when using mail clients that cannot read mailbox files directly. The command also works with any general mailbox in which emails have the fields "From", "Date", and "Subject" in that order. Typical usage is something like: git format-patch --signoff --stdout --attach origin | git imap-send OPTIONS -v, --verbose Be verbose. -q, --quiet Be quiet. --curl Use libcurl to communicate with the IMAP server, unless tunneling into it. Ignored if Git was built without the USE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND option set. --no-curl Talk to the IMAP server using git's own IMAP routines instead of using libcurl. Ignored if Git was built with the NO_OPENSSL option set. CONFIGURATION To use the tool, imap.folder and either imap.tunnel or imap.host must be set to appropriate values. Everything above this line in this section isn't included from the git- config(1) documentation. The content that follows is the same as what's found there: imap.folder The folder to drop the mails into, which is typically the Drafts folder. For example: "INBOX.Drafts", "INBOX/Drafts" or "[Gmail]/Drafts". Required. imap.tunnel Command used to set up a tunnel to the IMAP server through which commands will be piped instead of using a direct network connection to the server. Required when imap.host is not set. imap.host A URL identifying the server. Use an imap:// prefix for non-secure connections and an imaps:// prefix for secure connections. Ignored when imap.tunnel is set, but required otherwise. imap.user The username to use when logging in to the server. imap.pass The password to use when logging in to the server. imap.port An integer port number to connect to on the server. Defaults to 143 for imap:// hosts and 993 for imaps:// hosts. Ignored when imap.tunnel is set. imap.sslverify A boolean to enable/disable verification of the server certificate used by the SSL/TLS connection. Default is true. Ignored when imap.tunnel is set. imap.preformattedHTML A boolean to enable/disable the use of html encoding when sending a patch. An html encoded patch will be bracketed with 
 and have
           a content type of text/html. Ironically, enabling this option
           causes Thunderbird to send the patch as a plain/text, format=fixed
           email. Default is false.

       imap.authMethod
           Specify the authentication method for authenticating with the IMAP
           server. If Git was built with the NO_CURL option, or if your curl
           version is older than 7.34.0, or if you're running git-imap-send
           with the --no-curl option, the only supported method is CRAM-MD5.
           If this is not set then git imap-send uses the basic IMAP plaintext
           LOGIN command.

EXAMPLES
       Using tunnel mode:

           [imap]
               folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
               tunnel = "ssh -q -C user@example.com /usr/bin/imapd ./Maildir 2> /dev/null"

       Using direct mode:

           [imap]
               folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
               host = imap://imap.example.com
               user = bob
               pass = p4ssw0rd

       Using direct mode with SSL:

           [imap]
               folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
               host = imaps://imap.example.com
               user = bob
               pass = p4ssw0rd
               port = 123
               ; sslVerify = false


           Note

           You may want to use sslVerify=false while troubleshooting, if you
           suspect that the reason you are having trouble connecting is
           because the certificate you use at the private server example.com
           you are trying to set up (or have set up) may not be verified
           correctly.

       Using Gmail's IMAP interface:

           [imap]
                   folder = "[Gmail]/Drafts"
                   host = imaps://imap.gmail.com
                   user = user@gmail.com
                   port = 993


           Note

           You might need to instead use: folder = "[Google Mail]/Drafts" if
           you get an error that the "Folder doesn't exist".

           Note

           If your Gmail account is set to another language than English, the
           name of the "Drafts" folder will be localized.

       Once the commits are ready to be sent, run the following command:

           $ git format-patch --cover-letter -M --stdout origin/master | git imap-send

       Just make sure to disable line wrapping in the email client (Gmail's
       web interface will wrap lines no matter what, so you need to use a real
       IMAP client).

CAUTION
       It is still your responsibility to make sure that the email message
       sent by your email program meets the standards of your project. Many
       projects do not like patches to be attached. Some mail agents will
       transform patches (e.g. wrap lines, send them as format=flowed) in ways
       that make them fail. You will get angry flames ridiculing you if you
       don't check this.

       Thunderbird in particular is known to be problematic. Thunderbird users
       may wish to visit this web page for more information:
       https://kb.mozillazine.org/Plain_text_e-mail_-_Thunderbird#Completely_plain_email

SEE ALSO
       git-format-patch(1), git-send-email(1), mbox(5)

GIT
       Part of the git(1) suite

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