From patchwork Sun Apr 11 12:54:29 2021 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Drew DeVault X-Patchwork-Id: 12196357 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-15.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7BB4C433B4 for ; Sun, 11 Apr 2021 12:54:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A080610CB for ; Sun, 11 Apr 2021 12:54:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S235531AbhDKMzB (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Apr 2021 08:55:01 -0400 Received: from out0.migadu.com ([94.23.1.103]:44480 "EHLO out0.migadu.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232223AbhDKMzB (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Apr 2021 08:55:01 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 134145 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Sun, 11 Apr 2021 08:55:01 EDT X-Report-Abuse: Please report any abuse attempt to abuse@migadu.com and include these headers. DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=cmpwn.com; s=key1; t=1618145683; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=DRVAGNMsaL4OHKUwB7vLZlnFr3uJU3/tY9trQMGoF10=; b=e4yR63W4BkyeliST26aG6auGdtEEfjAfbOv/Y6LMr2/G/FxyTQKbJZ3A04o3+IXr6lUFO6 pWYvSLOZaLBAavOLfzWxDyCjLLZw7eopSQG2o2rS7pQV0/koPeTACy6P3O0Tw31NAw3tFb CXR5rPJH9iRxOHjEXZOX1FmKT1lduA7okjIyaJELIsBq0qfKCRvVscugj+RDfQVbYl/HzU 2FsXePKfOeMBff0euwBe1Cj5+qY4vHDiVUKPuBdlCc+mwQ44Tj8UI6TWur/cEt/PT88aLo qTzN2OPgC/zaix1PTy1I4JUm7DurBl03oVlDmluKR4FZbIkBNyLKZkFCc6IcCw== From: Drew DeVault To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: Drew DeVault Subject: [PATCH v2 1/3] git-send-email(1): improve smtp-encryption docs Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2021 08:54:29 -0400 Message-Id: <20210411125431.28971-2-sir@cmpwn.com> In-Reply-To: <20210411125431.28971-1-sir@cmpwn.com> References: <20210411125431.28971-1-sir@cmpwn.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_OUT X-Migadu-Auth-User: sir@cmpwn.com Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org This clarifies the meaning of the 'ssl' and 'tls' values for this option, which respectively enable SSL/TLS, i.e. a standard "modern" SSL approach; and STARTTLS, i.e. opportunistic in-band TLS. Signed-off-by: Drew DeVault --- Documentation/git-send-email.txt | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index 93708aefea..c17c3b400a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -168,8 +168,11 @@ Sending unspecified, choosing the envelope sender is left to your MTA. --smtp-encryption=:: - Specify the encryption to use, either 'ssl' or 'tls'. Any other - value reverts to plain SMTP. Default is the value of + Specify the encryption to use, either 'ssl' or 'tls'. 'ssl' enables + generic SSL/TLS support and is typically used on port 465. 'tls' + enables in-band STARTTLS support and is typically used on port 25 or + 587. Use whichever option is recommended by your mail provider. Any + other value reverts to plain SMTP. Default is the value of `sendemail.smtpEncryption`. --smtp-domain=::