diff --git a/app/app/settings.py b/app/app/settings.py
index df0e2d04..975f111c 100644
--- a/app/app/settings.py
+++ b/app/app/settings.py
@@ -269,3 +269,13 @@ AZURE_APPINSIGHTS_IKEY = env('AZURE_APPINSIGHTS_IKEY', None)
 APPLICATION_INSIGHTS = {
     'ikey': AZURE_APPINSIGHTS_IKEY if AZURE_APPINSIGHTS_IKEY else None,
 }
+
+## necessary for email verification setup
+# EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
+# EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
+# EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'random@gmail.com'
+# EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'gfds6jk#4ljIr%G8%'
+# EMAIL_PORT = 587
+#
+## During development only
+# EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend'