diff --git a/aurweb/scripts/notify.py b/aurweb/scripts/notify.py
index 35d2701..ddf4736 100755
--- a/aurweb/scripts/notify.py
+++ b/aurweb/scripts/notify.py
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ class Notification:
 
     def send(self):
         server_addr = aurweb.config.get('notifications', 'smtp-server')
+        server_port = aurweb.config.getint('notifications', 'smtp-port')
+        use_ssl = aurweb.config.getboolean('notifications', 'smtp-use-ssl')
+        use_starttls = aurweb.config.getboolean('notifications', 'smtp-use-starttls')
+        smtp_user = aurweb.config.get('notifications', 'smtp-user')
+        smtp_passwd = aurweb.config.get('notifications', 'smtp-password')
         sender = aurweb.config.get('notifications', 'sender')
         reply_to = aurweb.config.get('notifications', 'reply-to')
         reason = self.__class__.__name__
@@ -85,7 +90,19 @@ class Notification:
             for key, value in self.get_headers().items():
                 msg[key] = value
 
-            server = smtplib.SMTP(server_addr)
+            if use_ssl:
+                server = smtplib.SMTP_SSL(server_addr, server_port)
+            else:
+                server = smtplib.SMTP(server_addr, server_port)
+
+            if use_starttls:
+                server.ehlo()
+                server.starttls()
+                server.ehlo()
+
+            if user and password:
+                server.login(user, passwd)
+
             server.set_debuglevel(1)
             server.sendmail(sender, recipient, msg.as_bytes())
             server.quit()
diff --git a/conf/config.defaults b/conf/config.defaults
index af85ce8..83820c0 100644
--- a/conf/config.defaults
+++ b/conf/config.defaults
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ window_length = 86400
 [notifications]
 notify-cmd = /usr/local/bin/aurweb-notify
 smtp-server = orion.archlinux.org
+smtp-port = 587
+smtp-use-ssl = 0
+smtp-use-starttls = 1
+smtp-user = aur
+smtp-password = aur
 sender = notify@aur.archlinux.org
 reply-to = noreply@aur.archlinux.org