I’m seeing this option in the settings page and I see some commits around enable_smtp but I cannot find any information about what is settings is used for? Can anyone explain the purpose of this settings and why it’s disabled by default?

Please check this out: [image] IMAP support for group inboxes megaphoneAnnouncements rotating_light We are removing support for IMAP in Discourse. See this post for details IMAP support for group inboxes - #39 by martin . rotating_light We are happy to intro…

[image] RBoy: Can anyone explain the purpose of this settings and why it’s disabled by default? Along with what Bhanu said above, please note this feature is still very much in an alpha state, and may not work as expected.

Thanks. I would only suggest that the setting description be updated to be clearer as it’s can be a little confusing. :slight_smile:

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itsbhanusharma (Bhanu Sharma) October 26, 2020, 4:09am 2

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Enable SMTP for sending notifications for group messages

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