diff --git a/rhodecode/config/deployment.ini_tmpl b/rhodecode/config/deployment.ini_tmpl
--- a/rhodecode/config/deployment.ini_tmpl
+++ b/rhodecode/config/deployment.ini_tmpl
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ pdebug = false
 #smtp_port = 
 #smtp_use_tls = false
 #smtp_use_ssl = true
+# Specify available auth parameters here (e.g. LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5, etc.)
+#smtp_auth = 
 
 [server:main]
 ##nr of threads to spawn