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diff --git a/Documentation/email-clients.txt b/Documentation/email-clients.txt index aba85b39a400..2d485dea8cec 100644 --- a/Documentation/email-clients.txt +++ b/Documentation/email-clients.txt @@ -176,11 +176,47 @@ To use 'vim' with mutt: if you want to include the patch inline. (a)ttach works fine without "set paste". +You can also generate patches with 'git format-patch' and then use Mutt +to send them: + $ mutt -H 0001-some-bug-fix.patch + Config options: It should work with default settings. However, it's a good idea to set the "send_charset" to: set send_charset="us-ascii:utf-8" +Mutt is highly customizable. Here is a minimum configuration to start +using Mutt to send patches through Gmail: + +# .muttrc +# ================ IMAP ==================== +set imap_user = 'yourusername@gmail.com' +set imap_pass = 'yourpassword' +set spoolfile = imaps://imap.gmail.com/INBOX +set folder = imaps://imap.gmail.com/ +set record="imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Sent Mail" +set postponed="imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Drafts" +set mbox="imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/All Mail" + +# ================ SMTP ==================== +set smtp_url = "smtp://username@smtp.gmail.com:587/" +set smtp_pass = $imap_pass +set ssl_force_tls = yes # Require encrypted connection + +# ================ Composition ==================== +set editor = `echo \$EDITOR` +set edit_headers = yes # See the headers when editing +set charset = UTF-8 # value of $LANG; also fallback for send_charset +# Sender, email address, and sign-off line must match +unset use_domain # because joe@localhost is just embarrassing +set realname = "YOUR NAME" +set from = "username@gmail.com" +set use_from = yes + +The Mutt docs have lots more information: + http://dev.mutt.org/trac/wiki/UseCases/Gmail + http://dev.mutt.org/doc/manual.html + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pine (TUI) |