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send-email documentation: clarify --smtp-server
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It can be either hostname/address, or a full path to a
local executable.

Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Jari Aalto authored and Junio C Hamano committed Apr 30, 2007
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Expand Up @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ The --cc option must be repeated for each user you want on the cc list.

--in-reply-to::
Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header.
Subsequent emails will refer to the previous email
Subsequent emails will refer to the previous email
instead of this if --chain-reply-to is set (the default)
Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose
is not set, this will be prompted for.
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all that is output.

--smtp-server::
If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use. A full
pathname of a sendmail-like program can be specified instead;
If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use (e.g.
`smtp.example.com` or a raw IP address). Alternatively it can
specify a full pathname of a sendmail-like program instead;
the program must support the `-i` option. Default value can
be specified by the 'sendemail.smtpserver' configuration
option; the built-in default is `/usr/sbin/sendmail` or
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