SMTP settings

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

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 self signed certificates you can specify a custom ca file
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.

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 do 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

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.

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 System (AWS SES)

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.

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

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.

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

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'

Office 365

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.office365.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 25
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "user.name@company.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "secret"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "company.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = false

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.mailjet.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 2525
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "your.username"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "your.password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "in.mailjet.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
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'

Open Telekom Cloud

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "login-cloud.mms.t-systems-service.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 25
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "yourdomain"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "username"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password"
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'gitlab@yourdomain'

Uberspace 6

From the Uberspace Wiki:

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "<your-host>.uberspace.de"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "<your-user>@<your-domain>"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "<your-password>"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "<your-domain>"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = false

Tipimail

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = 'smtp.tipimail.com'
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = 'username'
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = 'password'
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = 'login'
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true

Netcup

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = '<your-host>.netcup.net'
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "username"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "<your-gitlab-domain>"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
# Netcup is picky about the usage of GitLab's TLD instead of the subdomain (if you use one).
# If this is not set up correctly, the scheduled emails will fail. For example, if
# GitLab's domain name is 'gitlab.example.com', the following setting should be set to
# 'gitlab@example.com'.
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = "gitlab@<your-top-level-domain>"

Mail-in-a-Box

gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_enabled'] = true
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'gitlab@example.com'

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = 'box.example.com'
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "username@example.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "<your-gitlab-domain>"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true

NIFCLOUD ESS

SMTP Interface.

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.ess.nifcloud.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "SMTP user name"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "SMTP user password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "smtp.ess.nifcloud.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'] = 'username@example.com'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_reply_to'] = 'username@example.com'

Check the SMTP user name and SMTP user password from the ESS dashboard. gitlab_email_from and gitlab_email_reply_to must be ESS authenticated sender email addresses.

Sina mail

User needs first to enabled SMTP through the mailbox settings via web mail interface and get the authenitication code. Check out more details in the help page of Sina mail.

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.sina.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "username@sina.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "authentication code"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "smtp.sina.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'username@sina.com'

Feishu mail

Check out more details in the help page of Feishu mail.

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.feishu.cn"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "your-user@your-domain"
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = "username@yourdomain.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "yourdomain.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "authentication code"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = true

More examples are welcome

If you have figured out an example configuration yourself please send a Merge Request to save other people time.

Testing the SMTP configuration

You can verify that GitLab can send emails properly using the Rails console. On the GitLab server, execute gitlab-rails console to enter the console. Then, you can enter the following command at the console prompt to cause GitLab to send a test email:

Notify.test_email('destination_email@address.com', 'Message Subject', 'Message Body').deliver_now

Troubleshooting SSL/TLS

Many users run into the following error after configuring SMTP:

OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError (SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=error: wrong version number)

This error is usually due to incorrect settings:

If your SMTP provider is using port 25 or 587, SMTP connections start unencrypted but can be upgraded via STARTTLS. Be sure the following settings are set:

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = false # This is the default and can be omitted
gitlab_rails['smtp_ssl'] = false # This is the default and can be omitted

If your SMTP provider is using port 465, SMTP connections start encrypted over TLS. Ensure the following line is present:
```
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = true
```

For more details, read about the confusion over SMTP ports, TLS, and STARTTLS.

Disable all outgoing email

This will disable all outgoing email from your GitLab instance, including but not limited to notification emails, direct mentions, and password reset emails.

In order to disable all outgoing email, you can edit or add the following line to /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb:

gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_enabled'] = false

Run sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure for the change to take effect.