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docs: update sendmail docs to use more secure SMTP server for Gmail
authorAditya Garg <gargaditya08@live.com>
Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:09:22 +0000 (15:09 +0000)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Tue, 26 Aug 2025 17:00:25 +0000 (10:00 -0700)
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>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation/git-send-email.adoc

index 5335502d68fc7b84889e48d66daefd65d48a5d47..c610909a92cc3e48d8354531318912d3caca7d54 100644 (file)
@@ -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
 ----