diff --git a/plume-models/src/config.rs b/plume-models/src/config.rs
index fe5282a0..b7459f73 100644
--- a/plume-models/src/config.rs
+++ b/plume-models/src/config.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub logo: LogoConfig,
     pub default_theme: String,
     pub media_directory: String,
+    pub mail: Option<MailConfig>,
     pub ldap: Option<LdapConfig>,
     pub proxy: Option<ProxyConfig>,
 }
@@ -245,6 +246,22 @@ impl SearchTokenizerConfig {
     }
 }
 
+pub struct MailConfig {
+    pub server: String,
+    pub helo_name: String,
+    pub username: String,
+    pub password: String,
+}
+
+fn get_mail_config() -> Option<MailConfig> {
+    Some(MailConfig {
+        server: env::var("MAIL_SERVER").ok()?,
+        helo_name: env::var("MAIL_HELO_NAME").unwrap_or_else(|_| "localhost".to_owned()),
+        username: env::var("MAIL_USER").ok()?,
+        password: env::var("MAIL_PASSWORD").ok()?,
+    })
+}
+
 pub struct LdapConfig {
     pub addr: String,
     pub base_dn: String,
@@ -347,6 +364,7 @@ lazy_static! {
         default_theme: var("DEFAULT_THEME").unwrap_or_else(|_| "default-light".to_owned()),
         media_directory: var("MEDIA_UPLOAD_DIRECTORY")
             .unwrap_or_else(|_| "static/media".to_owned()),
+        mail: get_mail_config(),
         ldap: get_ldap_config(),
         proxy: get_proxy_config(),
     };
diff --git a/src/mail.rs b/src/mail.rs
index 1d7c81ee..e161effd 100644
--- a/src/mail.rs
+++ b/src/mail.rs
@@ -54,19 +54,19 @@ mod mailer {
         },
         SmtpClient, SmtpTransport,
     };
-    use std::env;
+    use plume_models::CONFIG;
 
     pub type Mailer = Option<SmtpTransport>;
 
     pub fn init() -> Mailer {
-        let server = env::var("MAIL_SERVER").ok()?;
-        let helo_name = env::var("MAIL_HELO_NAME").unwrap_or_else(|_| "localhost".to_owned());
-        let username = env::var("MAIL_USER").ok()?;
-        let password = env::var("MAIL_PASSWORD").ok()?;
-        let mail = SmtpClient::new_simple(&server)
+        let config = CONFIG.mail.as_ref()?;
+        let mail = SmtpClient::new_simple(&config.server)
             .unwrap()
-            .hello_name(ClientId::Domain(helo_name))
-            .credentials(Credentials::new(username, password))
+            .hello_name(ClientId::Domain(config.helo_name.clone()))
+            .credentials(Credentials::new(
+                config.username.clone(),
+                config.password.clone(),
+            ))
             .smtp_utf8(true)
             .authentication_mechanism(Mechanism::Plain)
             .connection_reuse(ConnectionReuseParameters::NoReuse)