authelia/docs/content/en/configuration/notifications/smtp.md

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SMTP	Configuring the SMTP Notifications Settings.	Authelia can send emails to users through an SMTP server. This section describes how to configure this.	2022-03-20T12:52:27+11:00	false		configuration parent notifications	107200	true	/docs/configuration/notifier/smtp.html

Configuration

notifier:
  disable_startup_check: false
  smtp:
    host: 127.0.0.1
    port: 1025
    timeout: 5s
    username: test
    password: password
    sender: "Authelia <admin@example.com>"
    identifier: localhost
    subject: "[Authelia] {title}"
    startup_check_address: test@authelia.com
    disable_require_tls: false
    disable_html_emails: false
    tls:
      server_name: smtp.example.com
      skip_verify: false
      minimum_version: TLS1.2

Options

host

{{< confkey type="integer" required="yes" >}}

The hostname of the SMTP server.

If utilising an IPv6 literal address it must be enclosed by square brackets and quoted:

host: "[fd00:1111:2222:3333::1]"

port

{{< confkey type="integer" required="yes" >}}

The port the SMTP service is listening on.

timeout

{{< confkey type="duration" default="5s" required="no" >}}

The SMTP connection timeout.

username

{{< confkey type="string" required="no" >}}

The username sent for authentication with the SMTP server. Paired with the password.

password

{{< confkey type="string" required="no" >}}

The password sent for authentication with the SMTP server. Paired with the username. Can also be defined using a secret which is the recommended for containerized deployments.

We recommend generating a random string with 64 characters or more for this purposes which can be done by following the Generating a Random Alphanumeric String guide.

sender

{{< confkey type="string" required="yes" >}}

The sender is used to construct both the SMTP command MAIL FROM and to add the FROM header. This address must be in RFC5322 format. This means it must one of two formats:

• jsmith@domain.com
• John Smith jsmith@domain.com

The MAIL FROM command sent to SMTP servers will not include the name portion, this is only set in the FROM as per specifications.

identifier

{{< confkey type="string" default="localhost" required="no" >}}

The name to send to the SMTP server as the identifier with the HELO/EHLO command. Some SMTP providers like Google Mail reject the message if it's localhost.

subject

{{< confkey type="string" default="[Authelia] {title}" required="no" >}}

This is the subject Authelia will use in the email, it has a single placeholder at present {title} which should be included in all emails as it is the internal descriptor for the contents of the email.

startup_check_address

{{< confkey type="string" default="test@authelia.com" required="no" >}}

Authelia checks the SMTP server is valid at startup, one of the checks requires we ask the SMTP server if it can send an email from us to a specific address, this is that address. No email is actually sent in the process. It is fine to leave this as is, but you can customize it if you have issues or you desire to.

disable_require_tls

{{< confkey type="boolean" default="false" required="no" >}}

For security reasons the default settings for Authelia require the SMTP connection is encrypted by TLS. See [security] for more information. This option disables this measure (not recommended).

disable_html_emails

{{< confkey type="boolean" default="false" required="no" >}}

This setting completely disables HTML formatting of emails and only sends text emails. Authelia by default sends mixed emails which contain both HTML and text so this option is rarely necessary.

tls

Controls the TLS connection validation process. You can see how to configure the tls section here.

Using Gmail

You need to generate an app password in order to use Gmail SMTP servers. The process is described here.

notifier:
  smtp:
    username: myaccount@gmail.com
    # Password can also be set using a secret: https://www.authelia.com/configuration/methods/secrets/
    password: yourapppassword
    sender: admin@example.com
    host: smtp.gmail.com
    port: 587