email-sending-configuration.md

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Configuring email sending settings in the environment (.env) file is essential for enabling email functionality within your application.

Email Sending Configuration

Locate and Open the .env File:

Navigate to the directory where the .env file is located and open it for editing. You can use any text editor of your choice. For example:

cd jet-onpremise
nano .env

Simple Email Configuration

Modify the following parameters with your email server data:

EMAIL_FROM=email@example.com
EMAIL_BACKEND=django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend
EMAIL_HOST=email_host
EMAIL_PORT=email_port
EMAIL_USER=email_username
EMAIL_PASSWORD=email_password
EMAIL_TLS=1
EMAIL_ADMIN=admin_email@example.com

{% hint style="warning" %} Replaceemail@example.com, email_host, email_port, email_username, email_password, and admin_email@example.com with your actual email server details. {% endhint %}

Advanced Email Configuration (Amazon SES)

Alternatively, if you're using Amazon SES for email sending, Add the following parameters with your Amazon SES credentials:

AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=aws_access_key_id
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=aws_secret_access_key
AWS_REGION=aws_region
AWS_SES_HOST=email-smtp.aws_region.amazonaws.com
AWS_SES_PORT=465
AWS_SES_USER_GROUP=ses_user_group

{% hint style="warning" %} Replace aws_access_key_id, aws_secret_access_key, aws_region, and ses_user_group with your actual Amazon SES credentials and region. {% endhint %}