Improve documentation for the Zulip email integration.

* Document fix for the 'less insecure' email problem.
* Mention that general Django email documentation applies.
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Tim Abbott 2015-09-29 18:54:30 -07:00
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@ -44,14 +44,20 @@ AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
# SSO_APPEND_DOMAIN = "example.com")
SSO_APPEND_DOMAIN = None
# Configure the outgoing SMTP server below. For outgoing email
# via a GMail SMTP server, EMAIL_USE_TLS must be True and the
# outgoing port must be 587. The EMAIL_HOST is prepopulated
# for GMail servers, change it for other hosts, or leave it unset
# or empty to skip sending email.
# Configure the outgoing SMTP server below. The default configuration
# is prepopulated for GMail servers. Change EMAIL_HOST for other
# hosts, or leave it unset or empty to skip sending email. Note if
# you are using a GMail account to send outgoing email, you will
# likely need to configure that account as "less secure" here:
# https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255.
#
# With the exception of reading EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD from the Zulip
# secrets file, Zulip uses Django's standard EmailBackend, so if
# you're having issues, you may want to search for documentation on
# using your email provider with Django.
#
# A common problem you may encounter when trying to get this working
# is many hosting providers block outgoing SMTP traffic.
# is that some hosting providers block outgoing SMTP traffic.
EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_USER = ''
# If you're using password auth, you will need to put the password in