diff --git a/group_vars/django_cas.yml b/group_vars/django_cas.yml
index a576a8c70d41dbc3d00f207aa458a03ea717964d..d7556ebbd89355f25d50f55b5e287644dbe28f96 100644
--- a/group_vars/django_cas.yml
+++ b/group_vars/django_cas.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ glob_django_cas:
     host: tealc.adm.crans.org
     password: "{{ vault.cas_database_password }}"
   secret_key: "{{ vault.cas_secret_key }}"
+  mail:
+    address: 'root@crans.org'
+    host: "{{ query('ldap', 'ip', 'redisdead', 'adm') | ipv4 | first }}"
+    port: 25
 
 loc_nginx:
   service_name: "cas"
diff --git a/roles/django-cas/templates/cas/settings_local.py.j2 b/roles/django-cas/templates/cas/settings_local.py.j2
index 484276d8ab5e0cce36314e715cc8a53041c3b99c..9eb3f8fac430fb35e4e0b63de999366c3e70ef95 100644
--- a/roles/django-cas/templates/cas/settings_local.py.j2
+++ b/roles/django-cas/templates/cas/settings_local.py.j2
@@ -18,3 +18,8 @@ DATABASES = {
         'PASSWORD': '{{ django_cas.db.password }}',
     }
 }
+
+EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
+SERVER_EMAIL = '{{ django_cas.mail.address }}'
+EMAIL_HOST = '{{ django_cas.mail.host }}'
+EMAIL_PORT = {{ django_cas.mail.port }}