# Configuring SMTP details

Qommentary sends email notifications as the default method of communication. You will need to enter SMTP settings to enable email notifications on your Qommentary environment.

1. Go to **Qommentary Admin Console**
2. Click on **Settings**<br>

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3\. Enter required SMTP settings:

| Field             | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| SMTP username     | The SMTP server username (if required)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| SMTP password     | The SMTP server password (if required)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Timeout           | Timeout in milliseconds for network streaming operations                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Host              | The SMTP server FQDN                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Port              | The SMTP server port number                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Use SSL           | The connection should use SSL or TLS encryption immediately                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Use TLS           | Elevates the connection to use TLS encryption immediately after reading the greeting and capabilities of the server. If the server does not support the STARTTLS extension, then the connection will fail and a NotSupportedException will be thrown. Default is TLS 1.2 |
| From email        | Default sender email address to use when sending email messages                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| From display name | Default sender display name to use when sending email messages                                                                                                                                                                                                           |

{% hint style="warning" %}
If you select the "Use SSL" option, this one will take precedence over the "Use TLS"
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="warning" %}
You may need to set user name and password parameters if the server requires authentication.
{% endhint %}


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