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| author | David D Lowe <daviddlowe.flimm@gmail.com> | 2023-12-15 09:50:34 +0100 |
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| committer | Mariusz Felisiak <felisiak.mariusz@gmail.com> | 2023-12-28 09:44:37 +0100 |
| commit | 7e3ba869a6c3dd80e42460e82db2402218ce805a (patch) | |
| tree | b554073cbb1c3e5333d07a7cd9c5cde7d33605cd | |
| parent | 9a182f3d959d16354e24f34713df602f1bef6556 (diff) | |
[5.0.x] Improved DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL/SERVER_EMAIL docs.
Co-authored-by: nessita <124304+nessita@users.noreply.github.com>
Backport of 61aae838f77c2d3f1bb2b50095cdf3d79afffb02 from main
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/settings.txt | 13 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt index 2c3ebb2acf..c1f04c7f1d 100644 --- a/docs/ref/settings.txt +++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt @@ -1361,9 +1361,12 @@ specify a particular storage system. See :doc:`/topics/files`. Default: ``'webmaster@localhost'`` -Default email address to use for various automated correspondence from the -site manager(s). This doesn't include error messages sent to :setting:`ADMINS` -and :setting:`MANAGERS`; for that, see :setting:`SERVER_EMAIL`. +Default email address for automated correspondence from the site manager(s). +This address is used in the ``From:`` header of outgoing emails and can take +any format valid in the chosen email sending protocol. + +This doesn't affect error messages sent to :setting:`ADMINS` and +:setting:`MANAGERS`. See :setting:`SERVER_EMAIL` for that. .. setting:: DEFAULT_INDEX_TABLESPACE @@ -2553,7 +2556,9 @@ example, to define a YAML serializer, use:: Default: ``'root@localhost'`` The email address that error messages come from, such as those sent to -:setting:`ADMINS` and :setting:`MANAGERS`. +:setting:`ADMINS` and :setting:`MANAGERS`. This address is used in the +``From:`` header and can take any format valid in the chosen email sending +protocol. .. admonition:: Why are my emails sent from a different address? |