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Commit c3801a909841d387cbf9bd430d8a4a73469152fe

Authored by Jacob Vosmaer
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Exists in master and in 2 other branches 7-2-stable, 7-2-stable-ee

Add tips for getting email working

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@@ -45,6 +45,20 @@ Try [specifying](#configuring-the-external-url-for-gitlab) an `external_url` in @@ -45,6 +45,20 @@ Try [specifying](#configuring-the-external-url-for-gitlab) an `external_url` in
45 `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`. Also check your firewall settings; port 80 (HTTP) or 45 `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`. Also check your firewall settings; port 80 (HTTP) or
46 443 (HTTPS) might be closed on your GitLab server. 46 443 (HTTPS) might be closed on your GitLab server.
47 47
  48 +#### Emails are not being delivered
  49 +
  50 +To test email delivery you can create a new GitLab account for an email that is
  51 +not used in your GitLab instance yet.
  52 +
  53 +If necessary, you can modify the 'From' field of the emails sent by GitLab with
  54 +the following setting in `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
  55 +
  56 +```
  57 +gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'gitlab@example.com'
  58 +```
  59 +
  60 +Run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` for the change to take effect.
  61 +
48 #### Reconfigure freezes at `ruby_block[supervise_redis_sleep] action run` 62 #### Reconfigure freezes at `ruby_block[supervise_redis_sleep] action run`
49 63
50 This happens when Runit has not been installed succesfully during `gitlab-ctl 64 This happens when Runit has not been installed succesfully during `gitlab-ctl
@@ -379,6 +393,9 @@ gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "smtp password" @@ -379,6 +393,9 @@ gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "smtp password"
379 gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "example.com" 393 gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "example.com"
380 gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login" 394 gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
381 gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true 395 gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
  396 +
  397 +# For some SMTP servers you need to use a specific 'From' address
  398 +gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'gitlab@example.com'
382 ``` 399 ```
383 400
384 ### Omniauth (Google, Twitter, GitHub login) 401 ### Omniauth (Google, Twitter, GitHub login)