Unable to initialize SMTP properly. Check config and use --smtp-debug. VALUES:

April 24, 2021

      Hi
My git sendmail -1  command , throws the above error.
Can anyone help me solve it ?
Jules

Net::SMTP>>> Net::SMTP(3.13)
Net::SMTP>>>   Net::Cmd(3.13)
Net::SMTP>>>     Exporter(5.74)
Net::SMTP>>>   IO::Socket::IP(0.41)
Net::SMTP>>>     IO::Socket(1.43)
Net::SMTP>>>       IO::Handle(1.42)
Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x55f23ecd2bf0)<<< 220 smtp.gmail.com ESMTP
qu23sm2565932ejb.1 - gsmtp
Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x55f23ecd2bf0)>>> EHLO earthie.\040none\041
Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x55f23ecd2bf0)<<< 501-5.5.4 HELO/EHLO argument
"earthie.\040none\041" invalid, closing connection.
Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x55f23ecd2bf0)<<< 501 5.5.4
https://support.google.com/mail/?p=helo qu23sm2565932ejb.1 - gsmtp
Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x55f23ecd2bf0)>>> HELO earthie.\040none\041
Net::SMTP: Net::Cmd::getline(): unexpected EOF on command channel:  at
/usr/libexec/git-core/git-send-email line 1539.
Unable to initialize SMTP properly. Check config and use --smtp-debug.
VALUES: server=smtp.gmail.com encryption=tls hello=earthie.\040none\041
port=587 at /usr/libexec/git-core/git-send-email line 1566.

Unable to initialize SMTP properly. Check config and use --smtp-debug. VALUES:

Jules Irenge