Documenting email setup

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@@ -124,6 +124,35 @@ There are a few configuration settings you might want to adjust when setting up
 * *ServiceSettings*:*StorageDirectory* - The file path where files will be stored locally if *UseLocalStorage* is set to true. The operating system user that is running the Mattermost application must have read and write privileges to this directory.  
 * *AWSSettings*:*S3*\* - If *UseLocalStorage* is set to false, and the S3 settings are configured here, then Mattermost will store files in the provided S3 bucket.
 
+Email Setup (Optional)
+----------------------
+
+1. Setup an email sending service. If you already have credentials for a SMTP server you can skip this step.
+	1. [Setup Amazon Simple Email Service](https://console.aws.amazon.com/ses)
+	2. From the `SMTP Settings` menu click `Create My SMTP Credentials`
+	3. Copy the `Server Name`, `Port`, `SMTP Username`, and `SMTP Password`
+	4. From the `Domains` menu setup and verify a new domain. It it also a good practice to enable `Generate DKIM Settings` for this domain.
+	5. Choose an email address like `feedback@example.com` for Mattermost to send emails from.
+	6. Test sending an email from `feedback@example.com` by clicking the `Send a Test Email` button and verify everything appears to be working correctly.
+2. Modify the Mattermost configuration file config.json or config_docker.json with the SMTP information.
+	1. If you're running Mattermost on Amazon Beanstalk you can shell into the instance with the following commands
+	2. `ssh ec2-user@[domain for the docker instance]`
+	3. `sudo gpasswd -a ec2-user docker`
+	4. Retrieve the name of the container with `sudo docker ps`
+	5. `sudo docker exec -ti container_name /bin/bash`
+2. Edit the config file `vi /config_docker.json` with the settings you captured from the step above. See an example below and notice `ByPassEmail` has been set to `false`
+
+``` bash
+"EmailSettings":
+{ "ByPassEmail" : false, "SMTPUsername": "AKIADTOVBGERKLCBV", "SMTPPassword": "jcuS8PuvcpGhpgHhlcpT1Mx42pnqMxQY", "SMTPServer": "email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com:465", "UseTLS": true, "FeedbackEmail": "feedback@example.com", "FeedbackName": "Feedback", "ApplePushServer": "", "ApplePushCertPublic": "", "ApplePushCertPrivate": "" }
+```
+
+3. Restart Mattermost
+	1. Find the process id with `ps -A` and look for the process named `platform`
+	2. Kill the process `kill pid`
+	3. The service should restart automatically. Verify the Mattermost service is running with `ps -A`
+	4. Current logged in users will not be affected, but upon logging out or session expiration users will be required to verify their email address.
+
 Contributing
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