Clarify the steps in the outgoing SMTP setup process.

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Tim Abbott
2015-10-15 14:37:34 -04:00
parent 494797ea0a
commit a6ddd28c9e

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@@ -45,27 +45,32 @@ AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
# SSO_APPEND_DOMAIN = "example.com")
SSO_APPEND_DOMAIN = None
# Configure the outgoing SMTP server below. The default configuration
# is prepopulated for GMail servers. Change EMAIL_HOST for other
# hosts, or leave it unset or empty to skip sending email. Note if
# you are using a GMail account to send outgoing email, you will
# likely need to configure that account as "less secure" here:
# https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255.
# Configure the outgoing SMTP server below. For testing, you can skip
# sending emails entirely by commenting out EMAIL_HOST, but you will
# want to configure this to support email address confirmation emails,
# missed message emails, onboarding follow-up emails, etc. To
# configure SMTP, you will need to complete the following steps:
#
# With the exception of reading EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD from the Zulip
# secrets file, Zulip uses Django's standard EmailBackend, so if
# you're having issues, you may want to search for documentation on
# using your email provider with Django.
# (1) Fill out the outgoing email sending configuration below.
#
# A common problem you may encounter when trying to get this working
# is that some hosting providers block outgoing SMTP traffic.
# (2) Put the SMTP password for EMAIL_HOST_USER in
# /etc/zulip/zulip-secrets.conf as email_password.
#
# (3) If you are using a gmail account to send outgoing email, you
# will likely need to read this Google support answer and configure
# that account as "less secure":
# https://support.google.com/mail/answer/14257.
#
# A common problem is hosting providers that block outgoing SMTP traffic.
#
# With the exception of reading EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD from
# email_password in the Zulip secrets file, Zulip uses Django's
# standard EmailBackend, so if you're having issues, you may want to
# search for documentation on using your email provider with Django.
EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_USER = ''
# If you're using password auth, you will need to put the password in
# /etc/zulip/zulip-secrets.conf as email_password.
EMAIL_PORT = 587
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
# The email From address to be used for automatically generated emails
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = "Zulip <zulip@example.com>"
# The noreply address to be used as Reply-To for certain generated emails.