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author8ctopus <13252042+8ctopus@users.noreply.github.com>2020-03-13 20:20:14 +0500
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Documentation - updated email setup (#10695)
* Updated email setup documentation to include sendmail option * Update docs/content/doc/usage/email-setup.en-us.md full path to sendmail Co-Authored-By: mrsdizzie <info@mrsdizzie.com> * Update docs/content/doc/usage/email-setup.en-us.md docker image does not have sendmail Co-Authored-By: Antoine GIRARD <sapk@users.noreply.github.com> * Update docs/content/doc/usage/email-setup.en-us.md Co-Authored-By: Antoine GIRARD <sapk@users.noreply.github.com> * Update docs/content/doc/usage/email-setup.en-us.md Co-Authored-By: James Lakin <jamesorlakin@users.noreply.github.com> * Update docs/content/doc/usage/email-setup.en-us.md Co-Authored-By: James Lakin <jamesorlakin@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: 8ctopus <hello@octopuslabs.io> Co-authored-by: mrsdizzie <info@mrsdizzie.com> Co-authored-by: zeripath <art27@cantab.net> Co-authored-by: Antoine GIRARD <sapk@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: James Lakin <jamesorlakin@users.noreply.github.com>
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# Email setup
-- To use Gitea's built-in Email support, update the `app.ini` config file [mailer] section:
+To use Gitea's built-in Email support, update the `app.ini` config file [mailer] section:
+## Sendmail version
+Use the operating system’s sendmail command instead of SMTP. This is common on Linux servers.
+Note: For use in the official Gitea Docker image, please configure with the SMTP version.
```ini
[mailer]
-ENABLED = true
-HOST = mail.mydomain.com:587
-FROM = gitea@mydomain.com
-USER = gitea@mydomain.com
-PASSWD = `password`
+ENABLED = true
+FROM = gitea@mydomain.com
+MAILER_TYPE = sendmail
+SENDMAIL_PATH = /usr/sbin/sendmail
+```
+
+## SMTP version
+```ini
+[mailer]
+ENABLED = true
+FROM = gitea@mydomain.com
+MAILER_TYPE = smtp
+HOST = mail.mydomain.com:587
+IS_TLS_ENABLED = true
+USER = gitea@mydomain.com
+PASSWD = `password`
```
- Restart Gitea for the configuration changes to take effect.
- To send a test email to validate the settings, go to Gitea > Site Administration > Configuration > SMTP Mailer Configuration.
-For the full list of options check the [Config Cheat Sheet]({{< relref "doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md" >}}) \ No newline at end of file
+For the full list of options check the [Config Cheat Sheet]({{< relref "doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md" >}})