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Update SMTP configuration guide with examples
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Revise SMTP configuration for unauthenticated usage
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19 changes: 10 additions & 9 deletions docs/guides/smtp_configuration.md
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Expand Up @@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ To specify your smtp, add the following lines inside the `web/opencve/conf/setti
EMAIL_BACKEND = "django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend"

EMAIL_HOST = "smtp.example.com"
EMAIL_HOST_USER = "user"
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = "password"
EMAIL_PORT = 587
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
EMAIL_HOST_USER = "user" # Unauthenticated SMTP: Comment out variable or leave empty
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = "password" # Unauthenticated SMTP: Comment out variable or leave empty
EMAIL_PORT = 587 # Unauthenticated SMTP: Set to 25 (or custom port if necessary)
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True # Unauthenticated SMTP: Set to False

DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = "OpenCVE.dev <no-reply@example.com>"
```
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web_base_url = <your_listening_ip or fqdn>

# The SMTP server used to send the email notifications
# All properties must remain present in config
notification_smtp_host = smtp.example.com
notification_smtp_user = user
notification_smtp_password = password
notification_smtp_user = user # Unauthenticated SMTP: Leave empty
notification_smtp_password = password # Unauthenticated SMTP: Leave empty
notification_smtp_mail_from = john@example.com
notification_smtp_port = 587
notification_smtp_use_tls = True
notification_smtp_port = 587 # Unauthenticated SMTP: Set to 25 (or custom port if necessary)
notification_smtp_use_tls = True # Unauthenticated SMTP: Set to False
notification_smtp_start_tls = False
notification_smtp_validate_certs = True
notification_smtp_validate_certs = True # Unauthenticated SMTP: Set to False
notification_smtp_timeout = 30
```

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