Error while sending patch using git send-email

Error while sending patch using git send-email

[Amit Mehta]

Hi All,

This is not a Linux Kernel related query but is rather on the infrastructure to
manage patches using git. Before asking here, I did some search on Internet and
also posted this query in a different Linux forum but no luck so far. Hence
thought of asking here as someone might have faced this issue, while using the
git send-email feature. I've installed git-core and git-send-email packages on
my Ubuntu machine and I'm using git to generate patch. Now I want to send this
patch, but while doing so, git returns with following error:

"5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first."

Some information regarding my setup:
slackjaw at swamp:~/linux-next$ cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 11.10 \n \l

slackjaw at swamp:~/linux-next$ cat ~/.gitconfig
[user]
name = Amit
email = <XYZ@xyz.com>
[sendemail]
smtpserver = smtp.googlemail.com

git command to send patch:
slackjaw at swamp:~/linux-next$ git send-email --to "abc at xyz.com"
0001-Adding-debugging-level-for-printk.patch

The above command returns with error message as mentioned above, whereas my
expectation was that git should ask me to enter my password and then send the
mail to the destination mail id.

I'm able to send and receive mails when I use thunderbird's default settings
(In-fact I 'm sending this mail through Thunderbird) which means that there is
no issue with the port number or the authentication method for the outgoing mails.

-Amit

Error while sending patch using git send-email

[Alexandru Juncu]

On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Amit Mehta <gmate.amit@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> This is not a Linux Kernel related query but is rather on the infrastructure to
> manage patches using git. Before asking here, I did some search on Internet and
> also posted this query in a different Linux forum but no luck so far. Hence
> thought of asking here as someone might have faced this issue, while using the
> git send-email feature. I've installed git-core and git-send-email packages on
> my Ubuntu machine and I'm using git to generate patch. Now I want to send this
> patch, but while doing so, git returns with following error:
>
> "5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first."
>
> Some information regarding my setup:
> slackjaw at swamp:~/linux-next$ cat /etc/issue
> Ubuntu 11.10 \n \l
>
> slackjaw at swamp:~/linux-next$ cat ~/.gitconfig
> [user]
> name = Amit
> email = <XYZ@xyz.com>
> [sendemail]
> smtpserver = smtp.googlemail.com

Try adding to the [sendmail] directive:

smtpserverport = 587
smtpencryption = tls

Also, don't know if it matters, but I have :
smtpserver = smtp.gmail.com

>
> git command to send patch:
> slackjaw at swamp:~/linux-next$ git send-email --to "abc at xyz.com"
> 0001-Adding-debugging-level-for-printk.patch
>
> The above command returns with error message as mentioned above, whereas my
> expectation was that git should ask me to enter my password and then send the
> mail to the destination mail id.
>
> I'm able to send and receive mails when I use thunderbird's default settings
> (In-fact I 'm sending this mail through Thunderbird) which means that there is
> no issue with the port number or the authentication method for the outgoing mails.
>
> -Amit
>
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-- 
Alexandru Juncu

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Error while sending patch using git send-email

[Amit Mehta]

On Tuesday 13 March 2012 11:28 PM, Alexandru Juncu wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Amit Mehta <gmate.amit@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> This is not a Linux Kernel related query but is rather on the infrastructure to
>> manage patches using git. Before asking here, I did some search on Internet and
>> also posted this query in a different Linux forum but no luck so far. Hence
>> thought of asking here as someone might have faced this issue, while using the
>> git send-email feature. I've installed git-core and git-send-email packages on
>> my Ubuntu machine and I'm using git to generate patch. Now I want to send this
>> patch, but while doing so, git returns with following error:
>>
>> "5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first."
>>
>> Some information regarding my setup:
>> slackjaw at swamp:~/linux-next$ cat /etc/issue
>> Ubuntu 11.10 \n \l
>>
>> slackjaw at swamp:~/linux-next$ cat ~/.gitconfig
>> [user]
>> name = Amit
>> email = <XYZ@xyz.com>
>> [sendemail]
>> smtpserver = smtp.googlemail.com
> 
> Try adding to the [sendmail] directive:
> 
> smtpserverport = 587
> smtpencryption = tls
> 
> Also, don't know if it matters, but I have :
> smtpserver = smtp.gmail.com
> 

Thank you, I added exactly same parameters in my $HOME/.gitconfig file and it
worked.

Error while sending patch using git send-email

[Amit Mehta]

On Tuesday 13 March 2012 11:13 PM, Amit Mehta wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> This is not a Linux Kernel related query but is rather on the infrastructure to
> manage patches using git. Before asking here, I did some search on Internet and
> also posted this query in a different Linux forum but no luck so far. Hence
> thought of asking here as someone might have faced this issue, while using the
> git send-email feature. I've installed git-core and git-send-email packages on
> my Ubuntu machine and I'm using git to generate patch. Now I want to send this
> patch, but while doing so, git returns with following error:
> 
> "5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first."
> 


I should have checked for sample .gitconfig file bit more. After updating it
with proper values, git send-email worked. My apologies for being impatient.

-Amit