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diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index 642d0ef199..bac9014ac7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ See the CONFIGURATION section for `sendemail.multiEdit`. reply to the given Message-Id, which avoids breaking threads to provide a new patch series. The second and subsequent emails will be sent as replies according to - the `--[no]-chain-reply-to` setting. + the `--[no-]chain-reply-to` setting. + So for example when `--thread` and `--no-chain-reply-to` are specified, the second and subsequent patches will be replies to the first one like in the @@ -248,6 +248,21 @@ must be used for each option. commands and replies will be printed. Useful to debug TLS connection and authentication problems. +--batch-size=<num>:: + Some email servers (e.g. smtp.163.com) limit the number emails to be + sent per session (connection) and this will lead to a faliure when + sending many messages. With this option, send-email will disconnect after + sending $<num> messages and wait for a few seconds (see --relogin-delay) + and reconnect, to work around such a limit. You may want to + use some form of credential helper to avoid having to retype + your password every time this happens. Defaults to the + `sendemail.smtpBatchSize` configuration variable. + +--relogin-delay=<int>:: + Waiting $<int> seconds before reconnecting to SMTP server. Used together + with --batch-size option. Defaults to the `sendemail.smtpReloginDelay` + configuration variable. + Automating ~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -377,6 +392,7 @@ have been specified, in which case default to 'compose'. Currently, validation means the following: + -- + * Invoke the sendemail-validate hook if present (see linkgit:githooks[5]). * Warn of patches that contain lines longer than 998 characters; this is due to SMTP limits as described by http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2821.txt. -- |