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 # Peertube
 
 This directory contains the environment variables for your dComms Peertube instance. More information about available parameters can be found in the [official docs](https://docs.joinpeertube.org/maintain/configuration).
+
+## Email
+
+By default email is not configured on a deployed dComms peertube instance. To configure email, populate or edit the following variables then re-run `run.sh`:
+
+```
+PEERTUBE_SMTP_HOSTNAME=
+PEERTUBE_SMTP_PORT=475
+PEERTUBE_SMTP_FROM=
+PEERTUBE_SMTP_TLS=true
+PEERTUBE_SMTP_DISABLE_STARTTLS=true
+```