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Self-Hosting: Clarify SMTP_HOST_SSL_ENABLED #425

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20 changes: 10 additions & 10 deletions docs/self-hosting-configuration.md
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Expand Up @@ -51,16 +51,16 @@ Plausible uses [PostgreSQL](https://www.tutorialspoint.com/postgresql/postgresql

Plausible uses a SMTP server to send transactional emails e.g. account activation, password reset. In addition, it sends non-transactional emails like weekly or monthly reports.

| Parameter | Default | Description |
| --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| MAILER_EMAIL | [email protected] | The email id to use for as _from_ address of all communications from Plausible. |
| MAILER_NAME | -- | The display name for the sender (_from_). |
| SMTP_HOST_ADDR | localhost | The host address of your smtp server. |
| SMTP_HOST_PORT | 25 | The port of your smtp server. |
| SMTP_USER_NAME | -- | The username/email in case SMTP auth is enabled. |
| SMTP_USER_PWD | -- | The password in case SMTP auth is enabled. |
| SMTP_HOST_SSL_ENABLED | false | If SSL is enabled for SMTP connection |
| SMTP_RETRIES | 2 | Number of retries to make until mailer gives up. |
| Parameter | Default | Description |
| --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| MAILER_EMAIL | [email protected] | The email id to use for as _from_ address of all communications from Plausible. |
| MAILER_NAME | -- | The display name for the sender (_from_). |
| SMTP_HOST_ADDR | localhost | The host address of your SMTP server. |
| SMTP_HOST_PORT | 25 | The port of your SMTP server. |
| SMTP_USER_NAME | -- | The username/email in case SMTP authentication is enabled. |
| SMTP_USER_PWD | -- | The password in case SMTP authentication is enabled. |
| SMTP_HOST_SSL_ENABLED | false | Uses [SMTPS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMTPS) for the host connection if enabled and [STARTTLS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunistic_TLS) if disabled. |
| SMTP_RETRIES | 2 | Number of retries to make until mailer gives up. |

Alternatively, you can use other [Bamboo Adapters](https://hexdocs.pm/bamboo/readme.html#available-adapters) such as Postmark, Mailgun, Mandrill or Send Grid to send transactional emails. In this case, use the following parameters:

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