Refined email setup instructions

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diff --git a/doc/config/smtp-email-setup.md b/doc/config/smtp-email-setup.md
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--- a/doc/config/smtp-email-setup.md
+++ b/doc/config/smtp-email-setup.md
@@ -1,37 +1,40 @@
 
 ## SMTP Email Setup
 
-The following instructions maybe used when SMTP email is not setup as part of the installation process. 
+In some product evaluation setups email is intentionally bypassed using a `ByPassEmail=true` option. This option allows account creation and system operation without having to set up an email service (email verification is bypassed). 
 
-1.  Setup an email sending service. If you already have credentials for a SMTP server you can skip this step.
+To enable email, turn this option off by setting `ByPassEmail=false` and configuring an SMTP email service as follows: 
+
+1.  **Set up an SMTP 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.
+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`
-3.  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": ""
-}
-```
-4.  Restart Mattermost
+3.  **Edit the config file `vi /config_docker.json` with the settings you captured from the step above.**
+	1.  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": ""
+	}
+	```
+4.  **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`