How to use git-send-email correctly on Windows? What is the recommended email to use?

I use Outlook as my Email client and sendas.email as my SMTP client because it doesn't work anymore for personal Outlook accounts. This is how I edit the sendemail section in .gitconfig [sendemail] smtpserver = smtp.sendas.email smtpuser = w3teal@hotmail.com smtpencryption = STARTTLS smtpserverport = 587 smtppass = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I ran the command as stated on the git-send-email.io website F:\>git clone https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/email-test-drive Cloning into 'email-test-drive'... remote: Enumerating objects: 7, done. remote: Total 7 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 7 (from 1) Receiving objects: 100% (7/7), done. Resolving deltas: 100% (1/1), done. F:\>cd email-test-drive To create the w3teal file, I created it manually with the content: "I'm about to try git send-email" F:\email-test-drive>git add w3teal F:\email-test-drive>git commit -m "Demonstrate that I can use git send-email" [master bfdb367] Demonstrate that I can use git send-email 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) create mode 100644 w3teal Then I ran the Send the patch command, but it kept asking "More" and then it didn't work. (The content is only 1 line) F:\email-test-drive>git send-email --to="~sircmpwn/email-test-drive@lists.sr.ht" HEAD^ More? More? Unsuccessful stat on filename containing newline at C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core\git-send-email line 828. Unsuccessful stat on filename containing newline at C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core\git-send-email line 836. Unsuccessful stat on filename containing newline at C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core\git-send-email line 836. fatal: ambiguous argument 'HEAD ': unknown revision or path not in the working tree. Use '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this: 'git [...] -- [...]' format-patch -o /tmp/adkg7EWcIn HEAD : command returned error: 128 I googled where the error was but there were no relevant questions, so I asked ChatGPT and I used the suggestion "Try HEAD~1 instead of HEAD^" and it seemed to work. F:\email-test-drive>git send-email --to="~sircmpwn/email-test-drive@lists.sr.ht" HEAD~1 C:/Users/User/AppData/Local/Temp/y3oLfqnX5U/0001-Demonstrate-that-I-can-use-git-send-email.patch (mbox) Adding cc: W3 Teal from line 'From: W3 Teal ' From: W3 Teal To: ~sircmpwn/email-test-drive@lists.sr.ht Cc: W3 Teal Subject: [PATCH] Demonstrate that I can use git send-email Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2025 10:36:27 +0700 Message-ID: X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.48.1.windows.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The Cc list above has been expanded by additional addresses found in the patch commit message. By default send-email prompts before sending whenever this occurs. This behavior is controlled by the sendemail.confirm configuration setting. For additional information, run 'git send-email --help'. To retain the current behavior, but squelch this message, run 'git config --global sendemail.confirm auto'. Send this email? ([y]es|[n]o|[e]dit|[q]uit|[a]ll): y After a long wait, what appeared next was: Unable to initialize SMTP properly. Check config and use --smtp-debug. VALUES: server=smtp.sendas.email encryption=STARTTLS hello=localhost.localdomain port=587 at C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core\git-send-email line 1728, line 1. What is actually wrong? The configuration or should I use another email client?

Mar 8, 2025 - 05:33

How to use git-send-email correctly on Windows? What is the recommended email to use?

I use Outlook as my Email client and sendas.email as my SMTP client because it doesn't work anymore for personal Outlook accounts.

This is how I edit the sendemail section in .gitconfig

[sendemail]
    smtpserver = smtp.sendas.email
    smtpuser = w3teal@hotmail.com
    smtpencryption = STARTTLS
    smtpserverport = 587
    smtppass = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I ran the command as stated on the git-send-email.io website

F:\>git clone https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/email-test-drive
Cloning into 'email-test-drive'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 7, done.
remote: Total 7 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 7 (from 1)
Receiving objects: 100% (7/7), done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (1/1), done.

F:\>cd email-test-drive

To create the w3teal file, I created it manually with the content:

"I'm about to try git send-email"

F:\email-test-drive>git add w3teal

F:\email-test-drive>git commit -m "Demonstrate that I can use git send-email"
[master bfdb367] Demonstrate that I can use git send-email
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 w3teal

Then I ran the Send the patch command, but it kept asking "More" and then it didn't work. (The content is only 1 line)

F:\email-test-drive>git send-email --to="~sircmpwn/email-test-drive@lists.sr.ht" HEAD^
More?
More?
Unsuccessful stat on filename containing newline at C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core\git-send-email line 828.
Unsuccessful stat on filename containing newline at C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core\git-send-email line 836.
Unsuccessful stat on filename containing newline at C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core\git-send-email line 836.
fatal: ambiguous argument 'HEAD
': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.
Use '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this:
'git  [...] -- [...]'
format-patch -o /tmp/adkg7EWcIn HEAD
: command returned error: 128

I googled where the error was but there were no relevant questions, so I asked ChatGPT and I used the suggestion "Try HEAD~1 instead of HEAD^" and it seemed to work.

F:\email-test-drive>git send-email --to="~sircmpwn/email-test-drive@lists.sr.ht" HEAD~1
C:/Users/User/AppData/Local/Temp/y3oLfqnX5U/0001-Demonstrate-that-I-can-use-git-send-email.patch
(mbox) Adding cc: W3 Teal  from line 'From: W3 Teal '

From: W3 Teal 
To: ~sircmpwn/email-test-drive@lists.sr.ht
Cc: W3 Teal 
Subject: [PATCH] Demonstrate that I can use git send-email
Date: Sat,  8 Mar 2025 10:36:27 +0700
Message-ID: <20250308033627.389-1-w3teal@hotmail.com>
X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.48.1.windows.1
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

    The Cc list above has been expanded by additional
    addresses found in the patch commit message. By default
    send-email prompts before sending whenever this occurs.
    This behavior is controlled by the sendemail.confirm
    configuration setting.

    For additional information, run 'git send-email --help'.
    To retain the current behavior, but squelch this message,
    run 'git config --global sendemail.confirm auto'.

Send this email? ([y]es|[n]o|[e]dit|[q]uit|[a]ll): y

After a long wait, what appeared next was:

Unable to initialize SMTP properly. Check config and use --smtp-debug. VALUES: server=smtp.sendas.email encryption=STARTTLS hello=localhost.localdomain port=587 at C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core\git-send-email line 1728,  line 1.

What is actually wrong? The configuration or should I use another email client?