diff --git a/bornhack/settings/env.dist b/bornhack/settings/env.dist
index eec1f201..23b99a18 100644
--- a/bornhack/settings/env.dist
+++ b/bornhack/settings/env.dist
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 DATABASE_URL=postgres://username:password@host:port/database
 SECRET_KEY=somethingverysecretandunique
 ALLOWED_HOSTS=a,seperated,list,without,spaces
+EMAIL_HOST='mailhost.example.com'
+EMAIL_PORT=587
+EMAIL_HOST_USER='mymailuser'
+EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD='mymailpassword'
+EMAIL_USE_TLS=True
+EMAIL_FROM='noreply@example.com'