diff --git a/settings.json.template b/settings.json.template
index 3865737f6..8996fa49e 100644
--- a/settings.json.template
+++ b/settings.json.template
@@ -108,24 +108,20 @@
 	    { "type": "console" 
 	    //, "category": "access"// only logs pad access
 	    }
-/*
+    /*
 	  , { "type": "file"
       , "filename": "your-log-file-here.log"
       , "maxLogSize": 1024
       , "backups": 3 // how many log files there're gonna be at max
       //, "category": "test" // only log a specific category
       }*/
-/*
+    /*
 	  , { "type": "logLevelFilter"
 	    , "level": "warn" // filters out all log messages that have a lower level than "error"
 	    , "appender":
-	      { "type": "file"
-        , "filename": "your-log-file-here.log"
-        , "maxLogSize": 1024
-        , "backups": 1 // how many log files there're gonna be at max
-        }
+	      { /* Use whatever appender you want here */ }
       }*/
-      /*
+    /*
 	  , { "type": "logLevelFilter"
 	    , "level": "error" // filters out all log messages that have a lower level than "error"
 	    , "appender":
@@ -133,13 +129,11 @@
         , "subject": "An error occured in your EPL instance!"
         , "recipients": "bar@blurdybloop.com, baz@blurdybloop.com"
         , "sendInterval": 60*5 // in secs -- will buffer log messages; set to 0 to send a mail for every message
-        , "transport": "SMTP" // More available transports are documented here: https://github.com/andris9/Nodemailer#possible-transport-methods
-        , "SMTP": {
-            "host": "smtp.gmail.com",
+        , "transport": "SMTP", "SMTP": { // see https://github.com/andris9/Nodemailer#possible-transport-methods
+            "host": "smtp.example.com", "port": 465,
             "secureConnection": true,
-            "port": 465,
             "auth": {
-                "user": "foo@bar.com",
+                "user": "foo@example.com",
                 "pass": "bar_foo"
             }
         }