* [PATCH] docs: update sendmail docs to use more secure SMTP server for Gmail
@ 2025-08-25 6:55 Aditya Garg
2025-08-26 14:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-08-26 15:09 ` [PATCH v2] " Aditya Garg
0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Aditya Garg @ 2025-08-25 6:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git, Junio C Hamano; +Cc: Eric Sunshine, Ben Knoble, brian m . carlson
Gmail's SMTP server also has a port 465 with SSL/TLS encryption. It is
more secure than port 587 with STARTTLS encryption. Update the docs to
reflect this change.
Signed-off-by: Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live•com>
---
Documentation/git-send-email.adoc | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc b/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc
index 5335502d68..c610909a92 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc
@@ -521,10 +521,10 @@ edit `~/.gitconfig` to specify your account settings:
----
[sendemail]
- smtpEncryption = tls
+ smtpEncryption = ssl
smtpServer = smtp.gmail.com
smtpUser = yourname@gmail•com
- smtpServerPort = 587
+ smtpServerPort = 465
----
Gmail does not allow using your regular password for `git send-email`.
@@ -542,10 +542,10 @@ if you want to use `OAUTHBEARER`, edit your `~/.gitconfig` file and add
----
[sendemail]
- smtpEncryption = tls
+ smtpEncryption = ssl
smtpServer = smtp.gmail.com
smtpUser = yourname@gmail•com
- smtpServerPort = 587
+ smtpServerPort = 465
smtpAuth = OAUTHBEARER
----
--
2.51.0
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* Re: [PATCH] docs: update sendmail docs to use more secure SMTP server for Gmail
2025-08-25 6:55 [PATCH] docs: update sendmail docs to use more secure SMTP server for Gmail Aditya Garg
@ 2025-08-26 14:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-08-26 15:07 ` Aditya Garg
2025-08-26 15:09 ` [PATCH v2] " Aditya Garg
1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Junio C Hamano @ 2025-08-26 14:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Aditya Garg; +Cc: git, Eric Sunshine, Ben Knoble, brian m . carlson
Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live•com> writes:
> Gmail's SMTP server also has a port 465 with SSL/TLS encryption. It is
> more secure than port 587 with STARTTLS encryption. Update the docs to
> reflect this change.
"Update the docs to reflect this change"? When there is no change
other than the changes this patch is making to the documentation,
that is a very strange thing to say.
I would have explained it this way instead, perhaps.
Earlier recommendation by IETF with RFC 2595 was to deprecate
implicit TLS in preference for upgrade an initially unencrypted
connection with STARTTLS command. These days, however, IETF
recommends that connections be made using "Implicit TLS", in
preference to STARTTLS and the like, completely reversing their
earlier position, in RFC8314.
Update the GMail example to use the implicit TLS to match the
current recommendation at port 465.
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live•com>
> ---
> Documentation/git-send-email.adoc | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc b/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc
> index 5335502d68..c610909a92 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc
> +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc
> @@ -521,10 +521,10 @@ edit `~/.gitconfig` to specify your account settings:
>
> ----
> [sendemail]
> - smtpEncryption = tls
> + smtpEncryption = ssl
> smtpServer = smtp.gmail.com
> smtpUser = yourname@gmail•com
> - smtpServerPort = 587
> + smtpServerPort = 465
> ----
>
> Gmail does not allow using your regular password for `git send-email`.
> @@ -542,10 +542,10 @@ if you want to use `OAUTHBEARER`, edit your `~/.gitconfig` file and add
>
> ----
> [sendemail]
> - smtpEncryption = tls
> + smtpEncryption = ssl
> smtpServer = smtp.gmail.com
> smtpUser = yourname@gmail•com
> - smtpServerPort = 587
> + smtpServerPort = 465
> smtpAuth = OAUTHBEARER
> ----
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread* Re: [PATCH] docs: update sendmail docs to use more secure SMTP server for Gmail
2025-08-26 14:51 ` Junio C Hamano
@ 2025-08-26 15:07 ` Aditya Garg
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Aditya Garg @ 2025-08-26 15:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Junio C Hamano; +Cc: git, Eric Sunshine, Ben Knoble, brian m . carlson
On 26/08/25 8:21 pm, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Earlier recommendation by IETF with RFC 2595 was to deprecate
> implicit TLS in preference for upgrade an initially unencrypted
> connection with STARTTLS command. These days, however, IETF
> recommends that connections be made using "Implicit TLS", in
> preference to STARTTLS and the like, completely reversing their
> earlier position, in RFC8314.
>
> Update the GMail example to use the implicit TLS to match the
> current recommendation at port 465.
Fixed in v2
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* [PATCH v2] docs: update sendmail docs to use more secure SMTP server for Gmail
2025-08-25 6:55 [PATCH] docs: update sendmail docs to use more secure SMTP server for Gmail Aditya Garg
2025-08-26 14:51 ` Junio C Hamano
@ 2025-08-26 15:09 ` Aditya Garg
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Aditya Garg @ 2025-08-26 15:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git@vger•kernel.org, Junio C Hamano
Cc: Eric Sunshine, Ben Knoble, brian m . carlson
Earlier recommendation by IETF with RFC 2595 was to deprecate
implicit TLS in preference for upgrade an initially unencrypted
connection with STARTTLS command. These days, however, IETF
recommends that connections be made using "Implicit TLS", in
preference to STARTTLS and the like, completely reversing their
earlier position, in RFC8314.
Update the GMail example to use the implicit TLS to match the
current recommendation at port 465.
Signed-off-by: Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live•com>
---
Documentation/git-send-email.adoc | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc b/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc
index daddaae36d..8aa54e36e7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc
@@ -565,10 +565,10 @@ edit `~/.gitconfig` to specify your account settings:
----
[sendemail]
- smtpEncryption = tls
+ smtpEncryption = ssl
smtpServer = smtp.gmail.com
smtpUser = yourname@gmail•com
- smtpServerPort = 587
+ smtpServerPort = 465
----
Gmail does not allow using your regular password for `git send-email`.
@@ -586,10 +586,10 @@ if you want to use `OAUTHBEARER`, edit your `~/.gitconfig` file and add
----
[sendemail]
- smtpEncryption = tls
+ smtpEncryption = ssl
smtpServer = smtp.gmail.com
smtpUser = yourname@gmail•com
- smtpServerPort = 587
+ smtpServerPort = 465
smtpAuth = OAUTHBEARER
----
Range-diff against v1:
-: ---------- > 1: 6b73d4bb6c docs: update sendmail docs to use more secure SMTP server for Gmail
--
2.51.0
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