-# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#email-use-tls
-EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
-
-# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#server-email
-SERVER_EMAIL = EMAIL_HOST_USER
+########## EMAIL CONFIGURATION
+if EMAIL:
+ # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#email-backend
+ EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
+
+ # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#email-host
+ EMAIL_HOST = environ.get('EMAIL_HOST', SMTP_HOST)
+
+ # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#email-host-password
+ EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = environ.get('EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD', SMTP_PASSWORD)
+
+ # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#email-host-user
+ EMAIL_HOST_USER = environ.get('EMAIL_HOST_USER', SMTP_USERNAME)
+
+ # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#email-port
+ EMAIL_PORT = environ.get('EMAIL_PORT', 587)
+
+ # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#email-subject-prefix
+ EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX = 'KarmaNotes '
+
+ # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#email-use-tls
+ EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
+
+ DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = 'info@karmanotes.org'
+
+ # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#server-email
+ SERVER_EMAIL = EMAIL_HOST_USER