1124 lines
30 KiB
HTML
1124 lines
30 KiB
HTML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
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"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en">
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<head>
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="application/xhtml+xml; charset=UTF-8" />
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<meta name="generator" content="AsciiDoc 10.2.0" />
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<title>git-imap-send(1)</title>
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<style type="text/css">
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/* Shared CSS for AsciiDoc xhtml11 and html5 backends */
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/* Default font. */
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body {
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font-family: Georgia,serif;
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}
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/* Title font. */
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h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6,
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div.title, caption.title,
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thead, p.table.header,
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#toctitle,
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#author, #revnumber, #revdate, #revremark,
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#footer {
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font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
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}
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body {
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margin: 1em 5% 1em 5%;
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}
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a {
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color: blue;
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text-decoration: underline;
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}
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a:visited {
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color: fuchsia;
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}
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em {
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font-style: italic;
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color: navy;
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}
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strong {
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font-weight: bold;
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color: #083194;
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}
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h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
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color: #527bbd;
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margin-top: 1.2em;
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margin-bottom: 0.5em;
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line-height: 1.3;
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}
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h1, h2, h3 {
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border-bottom: 2px solid silver;
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}
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h2 {
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padding-top: 0.5em;
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}
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h3 {
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float: left;
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}
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h3 + * {
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clear: left;
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}
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h5 {
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font-size: 1.0em;
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}
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div.sectionbody {
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margin-left: 0;
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}
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hr {
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border: 1px solid silver;
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}
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p {
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margin-top: 0.5em;
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margin-bottom: 0.5em;
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}
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ul, ol, li > p {
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margin-top: 0;
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}
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ul > li { color: #aaa; }
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ul > li > * { color: black; }
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.monospaced, code, pre {
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font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;
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font-size: inherit;
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color: navy;
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padding: 0;
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margin: 0;
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}
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pre {
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white-space: pre-wrap;
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}
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#author {
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color: #527bbd;
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font-weight: bold;
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font-size: 1.1em;
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}
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#email {
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}
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#revnumber, #revdate, #revremark {
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}
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#footer {
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font-size: small;
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border-top: 2px solid silver;
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padding-top: 0.5em;
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margin-top: 4.0em;
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}
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#footer-text {
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float: left;
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padding-bottom: 0.5em;
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}
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#footer-badges {
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float: right;
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padding-bottom: 0.5em;
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}
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#preamble {
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margin-top: 1.5em;
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margin-bottom: 1.5em;
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}
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div.imageblock, div.exampleblock, div.verseblock,
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div.quoteblock, div.literalblock, div.listingblock, div.sidebarblock,
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div.admonitionblock {
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margin-top: 1.0em;
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margin-bottom: 1.5em;
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}
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div.admonitionblock {
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margin-top: 2.0em;
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margin-bottom: 2.0em;
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margin-right: 10%;
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color: #606060;
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}
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div.content { /* Block element content. */
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padding: 0;
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}
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/* Block element titles. */
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div.title, caption.title {
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color: #527bbd;
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font-weight: bold;
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text-align: left;
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margin-top: 1.0em;
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margin-bottom: 0.5em;
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}
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div.title + * {
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margin-top: 0;
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}
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td div.title:first-child {
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margin-top: 0.0em;
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}
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div.content div.title:first-child {
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margin-top: 0.0em;
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}
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div.content + div.title {
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margin-top: 0.0em;
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}
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div.sidebarblock > div.content {
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background: #ffffee;
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border: 1px solid #dddddd;
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border-left: 4px solid #f0f0f0;
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padding: 0.5em;
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}
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div.listingblock > div.content {
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border: 1px solid #dddddd;
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border-left: 5px solid #f0f0f0;
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background: #f8f8f8;
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padding: 0.5em;
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}
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div.quoteblock, div.verseblock {
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padding-left: 1.0em;
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margin-left: 1.0em;
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margin-right: 10%;
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border-left: 5px solid #f0f0f0;
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color: #888;
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}
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div.quoteblock > div.attribution {
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padding-top: 0.5em;
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text-align: right;
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}
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div.verseblock > pre.content {
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font-family: inherit;
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font-size: inherit;
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}
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div.verseblock > div.attribution {
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padding-top: 0.75em;
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text-align: left;
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}
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/* DEPRECATED: Pre version 8.2.7 verse style literal block. */
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div.verseblock + div.attribution {
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text-align: left;
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}
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div.admonitionblock .icon {
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vertical-align: top;
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font-size: 1.1em;
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font-weight: bold;
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text-decoration: underline;
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color: #527bbd;
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padding-right: 0.5em;
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}
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div.admonitionblock td.content {
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padding-left: 0.5em;
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border-left: 3px solid #dddddd;
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}
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div.exampleblock > div.content {
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border-left: 3px solid #dddddd;
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padding-left: 0.5em;
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}
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div.imageblock div.content { padding-left: 0; }
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span.image img { border-style: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; }
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a.image:visited { color: white; }
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dl {
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margin-top: 0.8em;
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margin-bottom: 0.8em;
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}
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dt {
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margin-top: 0.5em;
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margin-bottom: 0;
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font-style: normal;
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color: navy;
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}
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dd > *:first-child {
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margin-top: 0.1em;
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}
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ul, ol {
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list-style-position: outside;
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}
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ol.arabic {
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list-style-type: decimal;
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}
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ol.loweralpha {
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list-style-type: lower-alpha;
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}
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ol.upperalpha {
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list-style-type: upper-alpha;
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}
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ol.lowerroman {
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list-style-type: lower-roman;
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}
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ol.upperroman {
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list-style-type: upper-roman;
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}
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div.compact ul, div.compact ol,
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div.compact p, div.compact p,
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div.compact div, div.compact div {
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margin-top: 0.1em;
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margin-bottom: 0.1em;
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}
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tfoot {
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font-weight: bold;
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}
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td > div.verse {
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white-space: pre;
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}
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div.hdlist {
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margin-top: 0.8em;
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margin-bottom: 0.8em;
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}
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div.hdlist tr {
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padding-bottom: 15px;
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}
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dt.hdlist1.strong, td.hdlist1.strong {
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font-weight: bold;
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}
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td.hdlist1 {
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vertical-align: top;
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font-style: normal;
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padding-right: 0.8em;
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color: navy;
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}
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td.hdlist2 {
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vertical-align: top;
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}
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div.hdlist.compact tr {
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margin: 0;
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padding-bottom: 0;
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}
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.comment {
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background: yellow;
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}
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.footnote, .footnoteref {
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font-size: 0.8em;
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}
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span.footnote, span.footnoteref {
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vertical-align: super;
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}
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#footnotes {
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margin: 20px 0 20px 0;
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padding: 7px 0 0 0;
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}
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#footnotes div.footnote {
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margin: 0 0 5px 0;
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}
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#footnotes hr {
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border: none;
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border-top: 1px solid silver;
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height: 1px;
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text-align: left;
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margin-left: 0;
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width: 20%;
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min-width: 100px;
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}
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div.colist td {
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padding-right: 0.5em;
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padding-bottom: 0.3em;
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vertical-align: top;
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}
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div.colist td img {
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margin-top: 0.3em;
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}
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@media print {
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#footer-badges { display: none; }
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}
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#toc {
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margin-bottom: 2.5em;
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}
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#toctitle {
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color: #527bbd;
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font-size: 1.1em;
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font-weight: bold;
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margin-top: 1.0em;
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margin-bottom: 0.1em;
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}
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div.toclevel0, div.toclevel1, div.toclevel2, div.toclevel3, div.toclevel4 {
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margin-top: 0;
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margin-bottom: 0;
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}
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div.toclevel2 {
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margin-left: 2em;
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font-size: 0.9em;
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}
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div.toclevel3 {
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margin-left: 4em;
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font-size: 0.9em;
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}
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div.toclevel4 {
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margin-left: 6em;
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font-size: 0.9em;
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}
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span.aqua { color: aqua; }
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span.black { color: black; }
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span.blue { color: blue; }
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span.fuchsia { color: fuchsia; }
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span.gray { color: gray; }
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span.green { color: green; }
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span.lime { color: lime; }
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span.maroon { color: maroon; }
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span.navy { color: navy; }
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span.olive { color: olive; }
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span.purple { color: purple; }
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span.red { color: red; }
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span.silver { color: silver; }
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span.teal { color: teal; }
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span.white { color: white; }
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span.yellow { color: yellow; }
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span.aqua-background { background: aqua; }
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span.black-background { background: black; }
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span.blue-background { background: blue; }
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span.fuchsia-background { background: fuchsia; }
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span.gray-background { background: gray; }
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span.green-background { background: green; }
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span.lime-background { background: lime; }
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span.maroon-background { background: maroon; }
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span.navy-background { background: navy; }
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span.olive-background { background: olive; }
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span.purple-background { background: purple; }
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span.red-background { background: red; }
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span.silver-background { background: silver; }
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span.teal-background { background: teal; }
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span.white-background { background: white; }
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span.yellow-background { background: yellow; }
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span.big { font-size: 2em; }
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span.small { font-size: 0.6em; }
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span.underline { text-decoration: underline; }
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span.overline { text-decoration: overline; }
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span.line-through { text-decoration: line-through; }
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div.unbreakable { page-break-inside: avoid; }
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/*
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* xhtml11 specific
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*
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* */
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div.tableblock {
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margin-top: 1.0em;
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margin-bottom: 1.5em;
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}
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div.tableblock > table {
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border: 3px solid #527bbd;
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}
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thead, p.table.header {
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font-weight: bold;
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color: #527bbd;
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}
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p.table {
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margin-top: 0;
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}
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/* Because the table frame attribute is overridden by CSS in most browsers. */
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div.tableblock > table[frame="void"] {
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border-style: none;
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}
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div.tableblock > table[frame="hsides"] {
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border-left-style: none;
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border-right-style: none;
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}
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div.tableblock > table[frame="vsides"] {
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border-top-style: none;
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border-bottom-style: none;
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}
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/*
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* html5 specific
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*
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* */
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table.tableblock {
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margin-top: 1.0em;
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margin-bottom: 1.5em;
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}
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thead, p.tableblock.header {
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font-weight: bold;
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color: #527bbd;
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}
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p.tableblock {
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margin-top: 0;
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}
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table.tableblock {
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border-width: 3px;
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border-spacing: 0px;
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border-style: solid;
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border-color: #527bbd;
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border-collapse: collapse;
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}
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th.tableblock, td.tableblock {
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border-width: 1px;
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padding: 4px;
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border-style: solid;
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border-color: #527bbd;
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}
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table.tableblock.frame-topbot {
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border-left-style: hidden;
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border-right-style: hidden;
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}
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table.tableblock.frame-sides {
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border-top-style: hidden;
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border-bottom-style: hidden;
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}
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table.tableblock.frame-none {
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border-style: hidden;
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}
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th.tableblock.halign-left, td.tableblock.halign-left {
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text-align: left;
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}
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th.tableblock.halign-center, td.tableblock.halign-center {
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text-align: center;
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}
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th.tableblock.halign-right, td.tableblock.halign-right {
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text-align: right;
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}
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th.tableblock.valign-top, td.tableblock.valign-top {
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vertical-align: top;
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}
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th.tableblock.valign-middle, td.tableblock.valign-middle {
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vertical-align: middle;
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}
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th.tableblock.valign-bottom, td.tableblock.valign-bottom {
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vertical-align: bottom;
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}
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/*
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* manpage specific
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*
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* */
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body.manpage h1 {
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padding-top: 0.5em;
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padding-bottom: 0.5em;
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border-top: 2px solid silver;
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border-bottom: 2px solid silver;
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}
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body.manpage h2 {
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border-style: none;
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}
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body.manpage div.sectionbody {
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margin-left: 3em;
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}
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@media print {
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body.manpage div#toc { display: none; }
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}
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</style>
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<script type="text/javascript">
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/*<+'])');
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// Function that scans the DOM tree for header elements (the DOM2
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// nodeIterator API would be a better technique but not supported by all
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// browsers).
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var iterate = function (el) {
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for (var i = el.firstChild; i != null; i = i.nextSibling) {
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if (i.nodeType == 1 /* Node.ELEMENT_NODE */) {
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var mo = re.exec(i.tagName);
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if (mo && (i.getAttribute("class") || i.getAttribute("className")) != "float") {
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result[result.length] = new TocEntry(i, getText(i), mo[1]-1);
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}
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iterate(i);
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}
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}
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}
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iterate(el);
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return result;
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}
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var toc = document.getElementById("toc");
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if (!toc) {
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return;
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}
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// Delete existing TOC entries in case we're reloading the TOC.
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var tocEntriesToRemove = [];
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var i;
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for (i = 0; i < toc.childNodes.length; i++) {
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var entry = toc.childNodes[i];
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if (entry.nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'div'
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&& entry.getAttribute("class")
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&& entry.getAttribute("class").match(/^toclevel/))
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tocEntriesToRemove.push(entry);
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}
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for (i = 0; i < tocEntriesToRemove.length; i++) {
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toc.removeChild(tocEntriesToRemove[i]);
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}
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// Rebuild TOC entries.
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var entries = tocEntries(document.getElementById("content"), toclevels);
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for (var i = 0; i < entries.length; ++i) {
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var entry = entries[i];
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if (entry.element.id == "")
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entry.element.id = "_toc_" + i;
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var a = document.createElement("a");
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<body class="manpage">
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<div id="header">
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<h1>
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git-imap-send(1) Manual Page
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</h1>
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<h2>NAME</h2>
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<div class="sectionbody">
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<p>git-imap-send -
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Send a collection of patches from stdin to an IMAP folder
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</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div id="content">
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<div class="sect1">
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<h2 id="_synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
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<div class="sectionbody">
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<div class="verseblock">
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<pre class="content"><em>git imap-send</em> [-v] [-q] [--[no-]curl] [(--folder|-f) <folder>]
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<em>git imap-send</em> --list</pre>
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<div class="attribution">
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</div></div>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div class="sect1">
|
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<h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
|
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<div class="sectionbody">
|
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<div class="paragraph"><p>This command uploads a mailbox generated with <code>git</code> <code>format-patch</code>
|
|
into an IMAP drafts folder. This allows patches to be sent as
|
|
other email is when using mail clients that cannot read mailbox
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|
files directly. The command also works with any general mailbox
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in which emails have the fields <code>From</code>, <code>Date</code>, and <code>Subject</code> in
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|
that order.</p></div>
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<div class="paragraph"><p>Typical usage is something like:</p></div>
|
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<div class="listingblock">
|
|
<div class="content">
|
|
<pre><code>$ git format-patch --signoff --stdout --attach origin | git imap-send</code></pre>
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</div></div>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div class="sect1">
|
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<h2 id="_options">OPTIONS</h2>
|
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<div class="sectionbody">
|
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<div class="dlist"><dl>
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<dt class="hdlist1">
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-v
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</dt>
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<dt class="hdlist1">
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--verbose
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</dt>
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<dd>
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<p>
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Be verbose.
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</p>
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</dd>
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<dt class="hdlist1">
|
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-q
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</dt>
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<dt class="hdlist1">
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--quiet
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</dt>
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<dd>
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<p>
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Be quiet.
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</p>
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</dd>
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<dt class="hdlist1">
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-f <folder>
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</dt>
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<dt class="hdlist1">
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--folder=<folder>
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</dt>
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<dd>
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<p>
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|
Specify the folder in which the emails have to saved.
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|
For example: <code>--folder=</code>[<code>Gmail</code>]<code>/Drafts</code> or <code>-f</code> <code>INBOX/Drafts</code>.
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</p>
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</dd>
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<dt class="hdlist1">
|
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--curl
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</dt>
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<dd>
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<p>
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Use libcurl to communicate with the IMAP server, unless tunneling
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into it. Ignored if Git was built without the USE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND
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option set.
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</p>
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</dd>
|
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<dt class="hdlist1">
|
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--no-curl
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</dt>
|
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<dd>
|
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<p>
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Talk to the IMAP server using git’s own IMAP routines instead of
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using libcurl. Ignored if Git was built with the NO_OPENSSL option
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set.
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</p>
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</dd>
|
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<dt class="hdlist1">
|
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--list
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</dt>
|
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<dd>
|
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<p>
|
|
Run the IMAP LIST command to output a list of all the folders present.
|
|
</p>
|
|
</dd>
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|
</dl></div>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div class="sect1">
|
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<h2 id="_configuration">CONFIGURATION</h2>
|
|
<div class="sectionbody">
|
|
<div class="paragraph"><p>To use the tool, <code>imap.folder</code> and either <code>imap.tunnel</code> or <code>imap.host</code> must be set
|
|
to appropriate values.</p></div>
|
|
<div class="paragraph"><p>Everything above this line in this section isn’t included from the
|
|
<a href="git-config.html">git-config(1)</a> documentation. The content that follows is the
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|
same as what’s found there:</p></div>
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|
<div class="dlist"><dl>
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<dt class="hdlist1">
|
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imap.folder
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|
</dt>
|
|
<dd>
|
|
<p>
|
|
The folder to drop the mails into, which is typically the Drafts
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|
folder. For example: <code>INBOX.Drafts</code>, <code>INBOX/Drafts</code> or
|
|
[<code>Gmail</code>]<code>/Drafts</code>. The IMAP folder to interact with MUST be specified;
|
|
the value of this configuration variable is used as the fallback
|
|
default value when the <code>--folder</code> option is not given.
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</p>
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</dd>
|
|
<dt class="hdlist1">
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imap.tunnel
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</dt>
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|
<dd>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Command used to set up a tunnel to the IMAP server through which
|
|
commands will be piped instead of using a direct network connection
|
|
to the server. Required when imap.host is not set.
|
|
</p>
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|
</dd>
|
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<dt class="hdlist1">
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|
imap.host
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</dt>
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<dd>
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<p>
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A URL identifying the server. Use an <code>imap://</code> prefix for non-secure
|
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connections and an <code>imaps://</code> prefix for secure connections.
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|
Ignored when imap.tunnel is set, but required otherwise.
|
|
</p>
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|
</dd>
|
|
<dt class="hdlist1">
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imap.user
|
|
</dt>
|
|
<dd>
|
|
<p>
|
|
The username to use when logging in to the server.
|
|
</p>
|
|
</dd>
|
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<dt class="hdlist1">
|
|
imap.pass
|
|
</dt>
|
|
<dd>
|
|
<p>
|
|
The password to use when logging in to the server.
|
|
</p>
|
|
</dd>
|
|
<dt class="hdlist1">
|
|
imap.port
|
|
</dt>
|
|
<dd>
|
|
<p>
|
|
An integer port number to connect to on the server.
|
|
Defaults to 143 for imap:// hosts and 993 for imaps:// hosts.
|
|
Ignored when imap.tunnel is set.
|
|
</p>
|
|
</dd>
|
|
<dt class="hdlist1">
|
|
imap.sslverify
|
|
</dt>
|
|
<dd>
|
|
<p>
|
|
A boolean to enable/disable verification of the server certificate
|
|
used by the SSL/TLS connection. Default is <code>true</code>. Ignored when
|
|
imap.tunnel is set.
|
|
</p>
|
|
</dd>
|
|
<dt class="hdlist1">
|
|
imap.preformattedHTML
|
|
</dt>
|
|
<dd>
|
|
<p>
|
|
A boolean to enable/disable the use of html encoding when sending
|
|
a patch. An html encoded patch will be bracketed with <pre>
|
|
and have a content type of text/html. Ironically, enabling this
|
|
option causes Thunderbird to send the patch as a plain/text,
|
|
format=fixed email. Default is <code>false</code>.
|
|
</p>
|
|
</dd>
|
|
<dt class="hdlist1">
|
|
imap.authMethod
|
|
</dt>
|
|
<dd>
|
|
<p>
|
|
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 <code>--no-curl</code>
|
|
option, the only supported methods are <code>PLAIN</code>, <code>CRAM-MD5</code>, <code>OAUTHBEARER</code>
|
|
and <code>XOAUTH2</code>. If this is not set then <code>git</code> <code>imap-send</code> uses the basic IMAP
|
|
plaintext <code>LOGIN</code> command.
|
|
</p>
|
|
</dd>
|
|
</dl></div>
|
|
</div>
|
|
</div>
|
|
<div class="sect1">
|
|
<h2 id="_getting_a_list_of_available_folders">GETTING A LIST OF AVAILABLE FOLDERS</h2>
|
|
<div class="sectionbody">
|
|
<div class="paragraph"><p>In order to send an email to a specific folder, you need to know the correct name of
|
|
intended folder in your mailbox. The names like "Junk", "Trash" etc. displayed by
|
|
various email clients need not be the actual names of the folders stored in the mail
|
|
server of your email provider.</p></div>
|
|
<div class="paragraph"><p>In order to get the correct folder name to be used with <code>git</code> <code>imap-send</code>, you can run
|
|
<code>git</code> <code>imap-send</code> <code>--list</code>. This will display a list of valid folder names. An example
|
|
of such an output when run on a Gmail account is:</p></div>
|
|
<div class="literalblock">
|
|
<div class="content">
|
|
<pre><code>* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "INBOX"
|
|
* LIST (\HasChildren \Noselect) "/" "[Gmail]"
|
|
* LIST (\All \HasNoChildren) "/" "[Gmail]/All Mail"
|
|
* LIST (\Drafts \HasNoChildren) "/" "[Gmail]/Drafts"
|
|
* LIST (\HasNoChildren \Important) "/" "[Gmail]/Important"
|
|
* LIST (\HasNoChildren \Sent) "/" "[Gmail]/Sent Mail"
|
|
* LIST (\HasNoChildren \Junk) "/" "[Gmail]/Spam"
|
|
* LIST (\Flagged \HasNoChildren) "/" "[Gmail]/Starred"
|
|
* LIST (\HasNoChildren \Trash) "/" "[Gmail]/Trash"</code></pre>
|
|
</div></div>
|
|
<div class="paragraph"><p>Here, you can observe that the correct name for the "Junk" folder is [<code>Gmail</code>]<code>/Spam</code>
|
|
and for the "Trash" folder is [<code>Gmail</code>]<code>/Trash</code>. Similar logic can be used to determine
|
|
other folders as well.</p></div>
|
|
</div>
|
|
</div>
|
|
<div class="sect1">
|
|
<h2 id="_examples">EXAMPLES</h2>
|
|
<div class="sectionbody">
|
|
<div class="paragraph"><p>Using tunnel mode:</p></div>
|
|
<div class="literalblock">
|
|
<div class="content">
|
|
<pre><code>[imap]
|
|
folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
|
|
tunnel = "ssh -q -C user@example.com /usr/bin/imapd ./Maildir 2> /dev/null"</code></pre>
|
|
</div></div>
|
|
<div class="paragraph"><p>Using direct mode:</p></div>
|
|
<div class="literalblock">
|
|
<div class="content">
|
|
<pre><code>[imap]
|
|
folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
|
|
host = imap://imap.example.com
|
|
user = bob
|
|
pass = p4ssw0rd</code></pre>
|
|
</div></div>
|
|
<div class="paragraph"><p>Using direct mode with SSL:</p></div>
|
|
<div class="literalblock">
|
|
<div class="content">
|
|
<pre><code>[imap]
|
|
folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
|
|
host = imaps://imap.example.com
|
|
user = bob
|
|
pass = p4ssw0rd
|
|
port = 123
|
|
; sslVerify = false</code></pre>
|
|
</div></div>
|
|
<div class="admonitionblock">
|
|
<table><tr>
|
|
<td class="icon">
|
|
<div class="title">Note</div>
|
|
</td>
|
|
<td class="content">You may want to use <code>sslVerify=false</code>
|
|
while troubleshooting, if you suspect that the reason you are
|
|
having trouble connecting is because the certificate you use at
|
|
the private server <code>example.com</code> you are trying to set up (or
|
|
have set up) may not be verified correctly.</td>
|
|
</tr></table>
|
|
</div>
|
|
<div class="paragraph"><p>Using Gmail’s IMAP interface:</p></div>
|
|
<div class="listingblock">
|
|
<div class="content">
|
|
<pre><code>[imap]
|
|
folder = "[Gmail]/Drafts"
|
|
host = imaps://imap.gmail.com
|
|
user = user@gmail.com
|
|
port = 993</code></pre>
|
|
</div></div>
|
|
<div class="paragraph"><p>Gmail does not allow using your regular password for <code>git</code> <code>imap-send</code>.
|
|
If you have multi-factor authentication set up on your Gmail account, you
|
|
can generate an app-specific password for use with <code>git</code> <code>imap-send</code>.
|
|
Visit <a href="https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords">https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords</a> to create
|
|
it. Alternatively, use OAuth2.0 authentication as described below.</p></div>
|
|
<div class="admonitionblock">
|
|
<table><tr>
|
|
<td class="icon">
|
|
<div class="title">Note</div>
|
|
</td>
|
|
<td class="content">You might need to instead use: <code>folder</code> <code>=</code> "[<code>Google</code> <code>Mail</code>]<code>/Drafts</code>" if you get an error
|
|
that the "Folder doesn’t exist". You can also run <code>git</code> <code>imap-send</code> <code>--list</code> to get a
|
|
list of available folders.</td>
|
|
</tr></table>
|
|
</div>
|
|
<div class="admonitionblock">
|
|
<table><tr>
|
|
<td class="icon">
|
|
<div class="title">Note</div>
|
|
</td>
|
|
<td class="content">If your Gmail account is set to another language than English, the name of the "Drafts"
|
|
folder will be localized.</td>
|
|
</tr></table>
|
|
</div>
|
|
<div class="paragraph"><p>If you want to use OAuth2.0 based authentication, you can specify
|
|
<code>OAUTHBEARER</code> or <code>XOAUTH2</code> mechanism in your config. It is more secure
|
|
than using app-specific passwords, and also does not enforce the need of
|
|
having multi-factor authentication. You will have to use an OAuth2.0
|
|
access token in place of your password when using this authentication.</p></div>
|
|
<div class="listingblock">
|
|
<div class="content">
|
|
<pre><code>[imap]
|
|
folder = "[Gmail]/Drafts"
|
|
host = imaps://imap.gmail.com
|
|
user = user@gmail.com
|
|
port = 993
|
|
authmethod = OAUTHBEARER</code></pre>
|
|
</div></div>
|
|
<div class="paragraph"><p>Using Outlook’s IMAP interface:</p></div>
|
|
<div class="paragraph"><p>Unlike Gmail, Outlook only supports OAuth2.0 based authentication. Also, it
|
|
supports only <code>XOAUTH2</code> as the mechanism.</p></div>
|
|
<div class="listingblock">
|
|
<div class="content">
|
|
<pre><code>[imap]
|
|
folder = "Drafts"
|
|
host = imaps://outlook.office365.com
|
|
user = user@outlook.com
|
|
port = 993
|
|
authmethod = XOAUTH2</code></pre>
|
|
</div></div>
|
|
<div class="paragraph"><p>Once the commits are ready to be sent, run the following command:</p></div>
|
|
<div class="literalblock">
|
|
<div class="content">
|
|
<pre><code>$ git format-patch --cover-letter -M --stdout origin/master | git imap-send</code></pre>
|
|
</div></div>
|
|
<div class="paragraph"><p>Just make sure to disable line wrapping in the email client (Gmail’s web
|
|
interface will wrap lines no matter what, so you need to use a real
|
|
IMAP client).</p></div>
|
|
<div class="paragraph"><p>In case you are using OAuth2.0 authentication, it is easier to use credential
|
|
helpers to generate tokens. Credential helpers suggested in
|
|
<a href="git-send-email.html">git-send-email(1)</a> can be used for <code>git</code> <code>imap-send</code> as well.</p></div>
|
|
</div>
|
|
</div>
|
|
<div class="sect1">
|
|
<h2 id="_caution">CAUTION</h2>
|
|
<div class="sectionbody">
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<div class="paragraph"><p>It is still your responsibility to make sure that the email message
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sent by your email program meets the standards of your project.
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Many projects do not like patches to be attached. Some mail
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agents will transform patches (e.g. wrap lines, send them as
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format=flowed) in ways that make them fail. You will get angry
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flames ridiculing you if you don’t check this.</p></div>
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<div class="paragraph"><p>Thunderbird in particular is known to be problematic. Thunderbird
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users may wish to visit this web page for more information:
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<a href="https://kb.mozillazine.org/Plain_text_e-mail_-_Thunderbird#Completely_plain_email">https://kb.mozillazine.org/Plain_text_e-mail_-_Thunderbird#Completely_plain_email</a></p></div>
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<h2 id="_see_also">SEE ALSO</h2>
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<div class="paragraph"><p><a href="git-format-patch.html">git-format-patch(1)</a>, <a href="git-send-email.html">git-send-email(1)</a>, mbox(5)</p></div>
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<h2 id="_git">GIT</h2>
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<div class="paragraph"><p>Part of the <a href="git.html">git(1)</a> suite</p></div>
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