Re: an error when using 'git send-email'

[Yongqiang Yang <xiaoqiangnk@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 12:44 AM, Magnus Bäck
<magnus.back@sonyericsson.com> wrote:
> On Friday, February 18, 2011 at 12:45 CET,
>     Yongqiang Yang <xiaoqiangnk@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> When I use git 'send-email', I get an error "Command unknown:  'AUTH'
>> at /usr/bin/git-send-email line 775, <STDIN> line 1".
>> Is there anyone meet the same error?
>
> You seem to have configured a username and password for SMTP
> authentication, yet the server Git connects to doesn't support
> authentication.
>
> Make sure the SMTP server you've configured Git to use
> (sendemail.smtpserver configuration variable) is the right one.
> If so, clear the smtpemail.smtpuser and smtpemail.smtppass
> variables as you obviously can't use them with the server.
Contents in my .gitconfig file are as follows.
[sendemail]
    smtpencryption = tls
    smtpserver = smtp.gmail.com
    smtpuser = xxxxxxx
    smtpserverport = 587

When I remove the line smtpuser.  Git said my config file is not correct.

Thank you.
>
> For testing purposes there are options to "git send-email" to
> override the values set in the configuration files. Those might
> be more convenient to use when testing out new configurations.
>
> --
> Magnus Bäck                      Opinions are my own and do not necessarily
> SW Configuration Manager         represent the ones of my employer, etc.
> Sony Ericsson
>



-- 
Best Wishes
Yongqiang Yang