diff --git a/deployment/ocelot-social/mailserver/README.md b/deployment/ocelot-social/mailserver/README.md
index dcbc97d2b..ed9292d5c 100644
--- a/deployment/ocelot-social/mailserver/README.md
+++ b/deployment/ocelot-social/mailserver/README.md
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ To deploy the SMTP server just uncomment the relevant code in the
 run the following:
 
 ```bash
-# in folder deployment/human-connection
-kubectl apply -f mailserver/
+# in folder deployment/ocelot-social
+$ kubectl apply -f mailserver/
 ```
 
 You might need to refresh the TLS secret to enable HTTPS on the publicly
diff --git a/deployment/ocelot-social/templates/configmap.template.yaml b/deployment/ocelot-social/templates/configmap.template.yaml
index b12a49f3c..daa5c7921 100644
--- a/deployment/ocelot-social/templates/configmap.template.yaml
+++ b/deployment/ocelot-social/templates/configmap.template.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ data:
   # AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: see secrets
   CLIENT_URI: "https://develop-k8s.ocelot.social"  # change this to your domain
   COMMIT: ""
+  EMAIL_DEFAULT_SENDER: devops@ocelot.social  # change this to your e-mail
   GRAPHQL_PORT: "4000"
   GRAPHQL_URI: "http://backend.ocelot-social:4000"  # leave this as ocelot-social
   # decomment following line for Neo4j Enterprice version instead of Community version
@@ -29,8 +30,9 @@ data:
   SENTRY_DSN_BACKEND: "---toBeSet---"
   SMTP_HOST: "mail.ocelot.social"  # change this to your domain
   # SMTP_PASSWORD: see secrets
-  SMTP_PORT: "25"
+  SMTP_PORT: "25"  # change this to your port
   # SMTP_USERNAME: see secrets
+  SMTP_IGNORE_TLS: 'true'  # change this to your setting
   WEBSOCKETS_URI: wss://develop-k8s.ocelot.social/api/graphql  # change this to your domain
 metadata:
   name: configmap