# Email Notifications
**URL:** https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/email-notifications/11842
**Category:** Uncategorised Topics
**Created:** [October 3, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/email-notifications/11842 "2017-10-03T18:43:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@candice.johnson](https://community.xibo.org.uk/u/candice.johnson)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/email-notifications/11842/1 "2017-10-03T18:43:36Z")
I just want to say first that I followed the instructions at [Xibo CMS Post-Installation Setup Guide](https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/xibo-cms-post-installation-setup-guide/522). I am trying to get email notifications set up, but am getting errors related to the email address.
When I first set up the CMS, I did not set any email settings in the config.env file. If I’m not mistaken, I need to go back and get that configured correctly. How do I go about changing those settings post installation or does it require a fresh install?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@ltaylorwarren](https://community.xibo.org.uk/u/ltaylorwarren)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/email-notifications/11842/2 "2017-10-03T23:46:08Z")
> [@candice.johnson](#):
>
> When I first set up the CMS, I did not set any email settings in the config.env file. If I’m not mistaken, I need to go back and get that configured correctly. How do I go about changing those settings post installation or does it require a fresh install?
You should be able to edit the config.env file to add the email settings and then just restart the services for the settings to take effect.
-Lance
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### Author:  [@alex](https://community.xibo.org.uk/u/alex)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2017, 7:09am UTC](https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/email-notifications/11842/3 "2017-10-04T07:09:44Z")
As @ltaylorwarren says, edit your `config.env`, add your credentials, and then restart the containers:
```
docker-compose restart
```
Don’t forget to add the `-f` switch to that if you’re using custom ports or remote mysql - eg
```
docker-compose -f cms_custom-ports.yml restart
```
If you’re using GMail, then you may need to allow access for less secure apps in order for things to work:
[https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255?hl=en](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255?hl=en)
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### Author:  [@candice.johnson](https://community.xibo.org.uk/u/candice.johnson)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/email-notifications/11842/4 "2017-10-04T17:34:29Z")
Thanks! I just have to get my settings done correctly. I’ll have to talk to someone else about our SMTP server to do that.