diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 2ea283f..4cf5538 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # IDHUB
 ####
 
+IDHUB_TIME_ZONE='Europe/Madrid'
 #IDHUB_SECRET_KEY='uncomment-it-and-fill-this'
 IDHUB_USER='admin'
 IDHUB_PASSWD='admin'
@@ -21,3 +22,12 @@ IDHUB_EMAIL='admin@example.org'
 IDHUB_DEPLOYMENT='DEVELOPMENT'
 # adapt to your domain in a production/reverse proxy env
 IDHUB_CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS='https://idhub.example.org'
+
+# fill this section with your email credentials
+IDHUB_DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL="user@example.org"
+IDHUB_EMAIL_HOST="smtp.example.org"
+IDHUB_EMAIL_HOST_USER="smtp_user"
+IDHUB_EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD="smtp_passwd"
+IDHUB_EMAIL_PORT=25
+IDHUB_EMAIL_USE_TLS=True
+IDHUB_EMAIL_BACKEND="django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend"
diff --git a/docker-compose_idhub-temp.yml b/docker-compose_idhub-temp.yml
index e9ea77b..b3ed1e3 100644
--- a/docker-compose_idhub-temp.yml
+++ b/docker-compose_idhub-temp.yml
@@ -15,5 +15,12 @@ services:
       - DJANGO_SUPERUSER_EMAIL=${IDHUB_EMAIL}
       - DEPLOYMENT=${IDHUB_DEPLOYMENT}
       - CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS=${IDHUB_CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS}
+      - DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL=${IDHUB_DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL}
+      - EMAIL_HOST=${IDHUB_EMAIL_HOST}
+      - EMAIL_HOST_USER=${IDHUB_EMAIL_HOST_USER}
+      - EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=${IDHUB_EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD}
+      - EMAIL_PORT=${IDHUB_EMAIL_PORT}
+      - EMAIL_USE_TLS=${IDHUB_EMAIL_USE_TLS}
+      - EMAIL_BACKEND=${IDHUB_EMAIL_BACKEND}
     ports:
       - 7000:7000