Email

OpenTAKServer uses Flask-Mailman is used to handle emails. Enabling email support also enables the following features:

  • User account self registration

  • Password reset - Without email, only administrators can change a user’s password if they forget it

  • Two-factor authentication via email

Enabling Email Support

The following settings are required to enable email support. You can find them in your config.yml file.

  • OTS_ENABLE_EMAIL: Other settings have no effect if this is set to false

  • MAIL_SERVER

  • MAIL_PORT

  • MAIL_USERNAME

  • MAIL_PASSWORD

These settings are optional and will depend on the email service you use.

  • MAIL_USE_SSL

  • MAIL_USE_TLS

You can find a full list of Flask-Mailman’s settings in their documentation.

Gmail

If you plan to use a Gmail account to send emails, you will need to log into your account and enable an app password. Your regular password will not work in OpenTAKServer. See Google’s documentation for details.

Gmail settings

Setting

Value

MAIL_SERVER

smtp.gmail.com

MAIL_PORT

587

MAIL_USE_SSL

false

MAIL_USE_TLS

true

MAIL_USERNAME

your_username@gmail.com

MAIL_PASSWORD

your_app_password