Docs, fix generator

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binwiederhier
2026-03-30 12:37:07 -04:00
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@@ -355,12 +355,13 @@ This generator helps you configure your self-hosted ntfy instance. It's not full
</div>
<div class="cg-field cg-inline-field">
<label>Require email verification</label>
<select data-key="smtp-sender-verify">
<option value="">No (default)</option>
<option value="true">Yes</option>
</select>
<div class="cg-btn-group">
<label><input type="radio" name="cg-smtp-sender-verify" value="no" checked><span>No</span></label>
<label><input type="radio" name="cg-smtp-sender-verify" value="yes"><span>Yes</span></label>
</div>
</div>
<input type="checkbox" data-key="smtp-sender-verify" id="cg-smtp-sender-verify-hidden" style="display:none">
</div>
<div id="cg-email-in-section" class="cg-hidden">
<div class="cg-field"><label><strong>Incoming (publishing)</strong></label></div>
<div class="cg-field cg-inline-field">
@@ -1018,6 +1019,10 @@ To allow forwarding messages via e-mail, you can configure an **SMTP server for
you can set the `X-Email` header to [send messages via e-mail](publish.md#e-mail-notifications) (e.g.
`curl -d "hi there" -H "X-Email: phil@example.com" ntfy.sh/mytopic`).
!!! info
On ntfy.sh, anonymous email sending was disabled due to abuse. To use the email notification feature,
you must verify your email in the web app's [Account section](https://ntfy.sh/account).
As of today, only SMTP servers with PLAIN auth and STARTLS are supported. To enable e-mail sending, you must set the
following settings:
@@ -1025,6 +1030,8 @@ following settings:
* `smtp-sender-addr` is the hostname:port of the SMTP server
* `smtp-sender-user` and `smtp-sender-pass` are the username and password of the SMTP user
* `smtp-sender-from` is the e-mail address of the sender
* `smtp-sender-verify` is a flag that forces email recipient verification when enabled. If set to true,
only verified email recipients can be used in the `X-Email` header.
Here's an example config using [Amazon SES](https://aws.amazon.com/ses/) for outgoing mail (this is how it is
configured for `ntfy.sh`):
@@ -1036,6 +1043,7 @@ configured for `ntfy.sh`):
smtp-sender-user: "AKIDEADBEEFAFFE12345"
smtp-sender-pass: "Abd13Kf+sfAk2DzifjafldkThisIsNotARealKeyOMG."
smtp-sender-from: "ntfy@ntfy.sh"
smtp-sender-verify: true
```
By default, any user (including anonymous users) can send email notifications to any address. To require email
@@ -1043,15 +1051,6 @@ address verification, set `smtp-sender-verify` to `true`. When enabled, anonymou
and authenticated users can only send to email addresses they have verified in their account settings. Users can
also use `yes`/`true`/`1` as the `X-Email` value to send to their first verified address.
=== "/etc/ntfy/server.yml (with email verification)"
``` yaml
smtp-sender-addr: "email-smtp.us-east-2.amazonaws.com:587"
smtp-sender-user: "AKIDEADBEEFAFFE12345"
smtp-sender-pass: "Abd13Kf+sfAk2DzifjafldkThisIsNotARealKeyOMG."
smtp-sender-from: "ntfy@ntfy.sh"
smtp-sender-verify: true
```
Please also refer to the [rate limiting](#rate-limiting) settings below, specifically `visitor-email-limit-burst`
and `visitor-email-limit-burst`. Setting these conservatively is necessary to avoid abuse.