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SMTP settings (FREE SELF)

If you would rather send application email via an SMTP server instead of via Sendmail or Postfix, add the following configuration information to /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb and run gitlab-ctl reconfigure.

WARNING: Your smtp_password should not contain any String delimiters used in Ruby or YAML (f.e. ') to avoid unexpected behavior during the processing of config settings.

There are example configurations at the end of this page.

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.server"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "smtp user"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "smtp password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "example.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'peer'

# If your SMTP server does not like the default 'From: gitlab@localhost' you
# can change the 'From' with this setting.
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'gitlab@example.com'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_reply_to'] = 'noreply@example.com'

# If your SMTP server is using a self signed certificate or a certificate which
# is signed by a CA which is not trusted by default, you can specify a custom ca file.
# Please note that the certificates from /etc/gitlab/trusted-certs/ are
# not used for the verification of the SMTP server certificate.
gitlab_rails['smtp_ca_file'] = '/path/to/your/cacert.pem'

SMTP connection pooling

Introduced in GitLab 13.5.

You can enable SMTP connection pooling with the following setting:

gitlab_rails['smtp_pool'] = true

This allows Sidekiq workers to reuse SMTP connections for multiple jobs. The maximum number of connections in the pool follows the maximum concurrency configuration for Sidekiq.

Using encrypted credentials

Introduced in GitLab 14.3.

Instead of storing the SMTP credentials in the configuration files as plain text, you can optionally use an encrypted file for the SMTP credentials. To use this feature, you first need to enable GitLab encrypted configuration.

The encrypted configuration for SMTP exists in an encrypted YAML file. By default the file will be created at /var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/shared/encrypted_configuration/smtp.yaml.enc. This location is configurable in the GitLab configuration.

The unencrypted contents of the file should be a subset of the settings from your smtp_*' settings in the gitlab_rails configuration block.

The supported configuration items for the encrypted file are:

  • user_name
  • password

The encrypted contents can be configured with the SMTP secret edit Rake command.

Configuration

If initially your SMTP configuration looked like:

  1. In /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb:
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.server"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "smtp user"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "smtp password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "example.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'peer'
  1. Edit the encrypted secret:

    sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:smtp:secret:edit EDITOR=vim
  2. The unencrypted contents of the SMTP secret should be entered like:

    user_name: 'smtp user'
    password: 'smtp password'
  3. Edit /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb and remove the settings for smtp_user_name and smtp_password.

  4. Reconfigure GitLab:

    sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure

Example configurations

SMTP on localhost

This configuration, which simply enables SMTP and otherwise uses the default settings, can be used for an MTA running on localhost that does not provide a sendmail interface or that provides a sendmail interface that is incompatible with GitLab, such as Exim.

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true

SMTP without SSL

By default SSL is enabled for SMTP. If your SMTP server does not support communication over SSL use following settings:

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = 'localhost'
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 25
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = 'localhost'
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = false
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'none'
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = false
gitlab_rails['smtp_ssl'] = false
gitlab_rails['smtp_force_ssl'] = false

Gmail

NOTE: Gmail has strict sending limits that can impair functionality as your organization grows. We strongly recommend using a transactional service like SendGrid or Mailgun for teams using SMTP configuration.

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.gmail.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "my.email@gmail.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "my-gmail-password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "smtp.gmail.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = false
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'peer' # Can be: 'none', 'peer', 'client_once', 'fail_if_no_peer_cert', see http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionMailer/Base.html

Don't forget to change my.email@gmail.com to your email address and my-gmail-password to your own password.

If you encounter authentication errors, ensure you have allowed less secure apps to access the account or try turning on 2-step validation and using an application password.

Google SMTP relay

You can route outgoing non-Gmail messages through Google using Google's SMTP relay service.

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp-relay.gmail.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "yourdomain.com"
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'username@yourdomain.com'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_reply_to'] = 'username@yourdomain.com'

Mailgun

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.mailgun.org"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "plain"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "postmaster@mg.gitlab.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "mg.gitlab.com"

Amazon Simple Email Service (AWS SES)

  • Using STARTTLS
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "email-smtp.region-1.amazonaws.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "IAMmailerKey"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "IAMmailerSecret"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "yourdomain.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true

Make sure to permit egress through port 587 in your ACL and security group.

  • Using TLS Wrapper
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "email-smtp.region-1.amazonaws.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "IAMmailerKey"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "IAMmailerSecret"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "yourdomain.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_ssl'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_force_ssl'] = true

Make sure to permit egress through port 465 in your ACL and security group.

Mandrill

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.mandrillapp.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "MandrillUsername"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "MandrillApiKey" # https://mandrillapp.com/settings
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true

SMTP.com

You can use the SMTP.com email service. Retrieve your sender login and password from your account.

To improve delivery by authorizing SMTP.com to send emails on behalf of your domain, you should:

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = 'send.smtp.com'
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 25 # If your outgoing port 25 is blocked, try 2525, 2082
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = 'plain'
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = 'your_sender_login'
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = 'your_sender_password'
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = 'your.gitlab.domain.com'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'user@your.gitlab.domain.com'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_reply_to'] = 'user@your.gitlab.domain.com'

Check the SMTP.com Knowledge Base for further assistance.

SparkPost

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.sparkpostmail.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "SMTP_Injection"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "SparkPost_API_KEY" # https://app.sparkpost.com/account/credentials
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true

Gandi

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "mail.gandi.net"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "plain"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "your.email@domain.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "your.password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "domain.com"

Zoho Mail

This configuration was tested on Zoho Mail with a custom domain.

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.zoho.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "plain"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "gitlab@mydomain.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "mypassword"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "smtp.zoho.com"
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'gitlab@example.com'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_reply_to'] = 'noreply@example.com'

SiteAge, LLC Zimbra Mail

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = 'mail.siteage.net'
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = 'gitlab@domain.com'
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = 'password'
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = 'login'
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = "gitlab@domain.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = true

OVH

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "ssl0.ovh.net"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "username@domain.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "ssl0.ovh.net"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'none'

Outlook

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp-mail.outlook.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "username@outlook.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "smtp-mail.outlook.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'peer'

Office365

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.office365.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "username@yourdomain.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "yourdomain.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'peer'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'username@yourdomain.com'

Office365 relay

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "your mx endpoint"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 25
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "yourdomain.com"
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'username@yourdomain.com'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_reply_to'] = 'noreply@yourdomain.com'

Online.net

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtpauth.online.net"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "username@domain.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "online.net"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'none'

Amen.fr / Securemail.pro

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp-fr.securemail.pro"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "username@domain.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = true

1&1

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.1and1.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "my.email@domain.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "1and1-email-password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "domain.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true

yahoo

gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'user@yahoo.com'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_reply_to'] = 'user@yahoo.com'

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.mail.yahoo.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "user@yahoo.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'peer'

QQ exmail

QQ exmail (腾讯企业邮箱)

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.exmail.qq.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "xxxx@xx.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = true
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'xxxx@xx.com'
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "exmail.qq.com"

NetEase Free Enterprise Email

NetEase Free Enterprise Email (网易免费企业邮)

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.ym.163.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "xxxx@xx.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = true
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'xxxx@xx.com'
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "smtp.ym.163.com"

SendGrid with username/password authentication

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.sendgrid.net"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "a_sendgrid_crendential"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "a_sendgrid_password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "smtp.sendgrid.net"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = false

SendGrid with API Key authentication

If you don't want to supply a username/password, you can use an API key:

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.sendgrid.net"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "apikey"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "the_api_key_you_created"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "smtp.sendgrid.net"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "plain"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = false
# If use Single Sender Verification You must configure from. If not fail
# 550 The from address does not match a verified Sender Identity. Mail cannot be sent until this error is resolved.
# Visit https://sendgrid.com/docs/for-developers/sending-email/sender-identity/ to see the Sender Identity requirements
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'email@sender_owner_api'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_reply_to'] = 'email@sender_owner_reply_api'

Note that smtp_user_name must literally be set to "apikey". The API Key you created must be entered in smtp_password.

Sendinblue

This configuration was tested with Sendinblue's SMTP relay service. To grab the relevant account credentials via the URLs commented into this example, log in to your Sendinblue account. For further details, refer to Sendinblue's help page.

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp-relay.sendinblue.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "<username@example.com>" # https://app.sendinblue.com/settings/keys/smtp
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "<password>"              # https://app.sendinblue.com/settings/keys/smtp
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "<example.com>"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = false
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = true
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = '<gitlab@example.com>'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_reply_to'] = '<noreply@example.com>'

SMTP2GO

This configuration was tested using SMTP2GO. To get the relevant account credentials using the URLs commented in this example, sign in to your SMTP2GO account.

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "mail.smtp2go.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "<username>"    # https://app.smtp2go.com/settings/users
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "<password>"     # https://app.smtp2go.com/settings/users
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "<example.com>"    # https://app.smtp2go.com/settings/sender_domains
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = true

Yandex

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.yandex.ru"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "yourdomain_or_yandex.ru"
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'login_or_login@yandex.ru'
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'peer'

UD Media

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "mail.udXX.udmedia.de" # Replace XX, see smtp server information: https://www.udmedia.de/login/mail/
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'peer'

Microsoft Exchange (no authentication)

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "example.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 25
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "example.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true

Microsoft Exchange (with authentication)

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "mail.example.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "username@domain.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = 'password'
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "mail.example.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true

Strato.de

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.strato.de"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "username@stratodomain.de"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "strato_email_password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "stratodomain.de"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'none'

Rackspace

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "secure.emailsrvr.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "username@domain.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "domain.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'peer'

gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'username@domain.com'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_reply_to'] = 'username@domain.com'

DomainFactory (df.eu)

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "sslout.df.eu"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "username@domain.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "domain.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'none'

Infomaniak (infomaniak.com)

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "mail.infomaniak.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "username"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "mail.infomaniak.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = false
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'none'

GoDaddy (TLS)

  • European servers: smtpout.europe.secureserver.net
  • Asian servers: smtpout.asia.secureserver.net
  • Global (US) servers: smtpout.secureserver.net
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'username@domain.com'

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtpout.secureserver.net"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "username@domain.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "domain.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = true

GoDaddy (No TLS)

See GoDaddy (TLS) entry above for mail server list.

gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'username@domain.com'

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtpout.secureserver.net"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 80
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "username@domain.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "domain.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "plain"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = false
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = false

OpenSRS (hostedemail.com)

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "mail.hostedemail.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "username@domain.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "domain.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = false
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'peer'

gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'username@domain.com'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_reply_to'] = 'username@domain.com'

Aruba (aruba.it)

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtps.aruba.it"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "user@yourdomain.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "yourdomain.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_ssl'] = true

Alibaba Cloud Direct Mail (No TLS)

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtpdm-ap-southeast-1.aliyun.com"    # Set to the Direct Mail service region in use, refer to: https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/directmail/latest/smtp-service-address
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 80
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "<username@example.com>"            # Direct Mail sender address
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "<password>"                         # Set Direct Mail password
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "<example.com>"                        # Email domain configured in Direct Mail
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = false
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = false
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'none'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = "<username@example.com>"         # Email domain configured in Direct Mail

Alibaba Cloud Direct Mail (TLS)

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtpdm-ap-southeast-1.aliyun.com"    # Set to the Direct Mail service region in use, refer to: https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/directmail/latest/smtp-service-address
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "<username@example.com>"            # Direct Mail sender address
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "<password>"                         # Set Direct Mail password
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "<example.com>"                        # Email domain configured in Direct Mail
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = false
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = true
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = "<username@example.com>"         # Email domain configured in Direct Mail

Aliyun Direct Mail

Aliyun Direct Mail (阿里云邮件推送)

gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'username@your domain'
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtpdm.aliyun.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 80
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "username@your domain"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "your domain"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"

Aliyun Enterprise Mail with TLS

Aliyun Enterprise Mail with TLS (阿里企业邮箱)

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.qiye.aliyun.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "username@your domain"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "your domain"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = false
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = true

FastMail

FastMail requires an App Password even when two-step verification is not enabled.

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.fastmail.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "account@fastmail.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "app-specific-password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'peer'

Dinahosting

gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'username@example.com'
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "example-com.correoseguro.dinaserver.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "username-example-com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "mypassword"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "example-com.correoseguro.dinaserver.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = false
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = false
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'peer'

GMX Mail

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "mail.gmx.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "my-gitlab@gmx.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "Pa5svv()rD"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "mail.gmx.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'peer'

### Email Settings
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_enabled'] = true
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'my-gitlab@gmx.com'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_display_name'] = 'My GitLab'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_reply_to'] = 'noreply@gmx.com'

Hetzner

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "mail.your-server.de"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "user@example.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "mypassword"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "mail.your-server.de"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = false
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = "example@example.com"

Snel.com

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtprelay.snel.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "example.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = false
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = false
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = "example@example.com"
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_reply_to'] = "example@example.com"

JangoSMTP

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "express-relay.jangosmtp.net"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "plain"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "your.username"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "your.password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "domain.com"
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'gitlab@domain.com'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_reply_to'] = 'noreply@domain.com'

Mailjet

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "in-v3.mailjet.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "mailjet-api-key"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "mailjet-secret-key"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "in-v3.mailjet.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "plain"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = false
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'gitlab@domain.com'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_reply_to'] = 'noreply@domain.com'

Mailcow

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.example.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "yourmail@example.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "yourpassword"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "smtp.example.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = false
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'none'

ALL-INKL.COM

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "<userserver>.kasserver.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "<username>"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "<password>"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "<your.domain>"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = true

webgo.de

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "sXX.goserver.host" # or serverXX.webgo24.de
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "webXXXpX"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "Your Password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "sXX.goserver.host" # or serverXX.webgo24.de
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'Your Mail Address'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_reply_to'] = 'Your Mail Address'

mxhichina.com

gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = "username@company.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.mxhichina.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "username@company.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "mxhichina.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = true

Postmark

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.postmarkapp.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "your_api_token"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "your_api_token"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "example.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = false
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'gitlab@example.com'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_reply_to'] = 'noreply@example.com'

easyDNS (outbound mail)

Check if it's available/enabled and configuration settings in the control panel.

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "mailout.easydns.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_force_ssl'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "example.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "example.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password_you_set"
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'no-reply@git.example.com'

Campaign Monitor

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.api.createsend.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "your_api_token" # Menu > Transactional > Send with SMTP > SMTP tokens > Token
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "your_api_token"  # Same as gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] value
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "example.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = false
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'peer'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'gitlab@example.com'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_reply_to'] = 'noreply@example.com'

Freehostia

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "mbox.freehostia.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "username@example.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password_you_set"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "mbox.freehostia.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'none'

Mailbox.org

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.mailbox.org"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "username@example.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password_you_set"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "smtp.mailbox.org"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'none'

Mittwald CM Service (mittwald.de)

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "mail.agenturserver.de"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "username@example.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password_you_set"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "example.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "plain"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true

gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = "username@example.com"
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_reply_to'] = "username@example.com"

Unitymedia (.de)

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "submit.unitybox.de"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "username@unitybox.de"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "yourPassword"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "submit.unitybox.de"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = false
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'none'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'gitlab@example.com'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_reply_to'] = 'noreply@example.com'

united-domains AG (united-domains.de)

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.udag.de"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "example-com-0001"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "smtppassword"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "example.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'peer'

gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_enabled'] = true
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'gitlab@example.com'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_display_name'] = 'GitLab - my company'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_reply_to'] = 'noreply@example.com'

IONOS by 1&1 (ionos.de)

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.ionos.de"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "your-user@your-domain.de"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "Y0uR_Pass_H3r3"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "your-domain.de"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = 'login'
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = false
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'none'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'your-user@your-domain.de'

AWS Workmail

From the AWS workmail documentation:

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.server"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "smtp user"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "smtp password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "example.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = false
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'peer'