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imap.folder::
The folder to drop the mails into, which is typically the Drafts
- folder. For example: "INBOX.Drafts", "INBOX/Drafts" or
- "[Gmail]/Drafts". Required.
+ folder. For example: `INBOX.Drafts`, `INBOX/Drafts` or
+ `[Gmail]/Drafts`. The IMAP folder to interact with MUST be specified;
+ the value of this configuration variable is used as the fallback
+ default value when the `--folder` option is not given.
imap.tunnel::
Command used to set up a tunnel to the IMAP server through which
@@ -40,5 +42,6 @@ imap.authMethod::
Specify the authentication method for authenticating with the IMAP server.
If Git was built with the NO_CURL option, or if your curl version is older
than 7.34.0, or if you're running git-imap-send with the `--no-curl`
- option, the only supported method is 'CRAM-MD5'. If this is not set
- then 'git imap-send' uses the basic IMAP plaintext LOGIN command.
+ option, the only supported methods are `PLAIN`, `CRAM-MD5`, `OAUTHBEARER`
+ and `XOAUTH2`. If this is not set then `git imap-send` uses the basic IMAP
+ plaintext `LOGIN` command.