diff --git a/roles/workers/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/workers/defaults/main.yaml
index f201b8b..6831edd 100644
--- a/roles/workers/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/workers/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,13 @@ conductor_workers_server: http://conductor-dev.int.d4science.net/api
 
 conductor_workers: [ { service: 'base', image: 'nubisware/nubisware-conductor-worker-py-base', replicas: 2, threads: 1, pollrate: 1 }] 
 
+pymail_server: "smtp-relay.d4science.org"
+pymail_user: "conductor_{{ infrastructure }}"
+pymail_protocol: "starttls"
+pymail_port: "587"
+
+#smtp_dev_pwd: in vault
+#smtp_pre_pwd: in vault
+#smtp_prod_pwd: in vault
+
 #{service: 'provisioning', image: 'nubisware/nubisware-conductor-worker-py-provisioning', replicas: 2, threads: 1, pollrate: 1 }
diff --git a/roles/workers/defaults/smtp.yaml b/roles/workers/defaults/smtp.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dcdcb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/workers/defaults/smtp.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+$ANSIBLE_VAULT;1.1;AES256
+62323839306636626530646263356365643863653430393837343037643461666230333037383239
+6266363838393538643739393765656165613161396236330a323834623936373933643335306163
+33323739663463326265613663363132383364336432646237666466663061393631623239306266
+6363396363326364310a376362313934653933613939313463653865363538363935333866366164
+36373062353631356632356230316535616666633265326136343061303962633163393264316431
+31623730623764363763633939373963333333343731376466613437386264653461616263306530
+63663032653030643239643830346631303766393136363337626635633664353635363161313562
+63623733613039646465386434396238336637626632616566323734303362653633373936393532
+3665
diff --git a/roles/workers/templates/config.cfg.j2 b/roles/workers/templates/config.cfg.j2
index 01e03af..21adc3a 100644
--- a/roles/workers/templates/config.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/workers/templates/config.cfg.j2
@@ -7,3 +7,10 @@ pollrate = .1
 domain={{ item.domain }}
 {% endif %}
 
+[pymail]
+server = {{ pymail_server}}
+user = {{ pymail_user }}
+password = {{ pymail_password }}
+protocol = {{ pymail_protocol }}
+port = {{ pymail_port }}
+
diff --git a/site-dev.yaml b/site-dev.yaml
index 6390d32..64af8d6 100644
--- a/site-dev.yaml
+++ b/site-dev.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 ---
 - hosts: dev_infra 
+  vars_files:
+    - roles/workers/defaults/smtp.yaml
   vars:
     cluster_check: true 
     infrastructure: dev
+    pymail_password: "{{ smtp_dev_pwd }}"
     conductor_workers_server: http://conductor-server:8080/api 
   roles:
     - common
diff --git a/site-pre.yaml b/site-pre.yaml
index b2a52bf..82c5b13 100644
--- a/site-pre.yaml
+++ b/site-pre.yaml
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 - hosts: pre_infra 
   vars_files:
     - roles/external-postgres/defaults/vault_main.yaml
+    - roles/workers/defaults/smtp.yaml
   vars:
     cluster_check: true 
     infrastructure: pre
+    pymail_password: "{{ smtp_pre_pwd }}"
     conductor_workers_server: http://conductor-server:8080/api 
   roles:
     - common
diff --git a/site-prod.yaml b/site-prod.yaml
index 03633ae..68e7ef1 100644
--- a/site-prod.yaml
+++ b/site-prod.yaml
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 - hosts: prod_infra
   vars_files:
     - roles/external-postgres/defaults/vault_main.yaml
+    - roles/workers/defaults/smtp.yaml
   vars:
     cluster_check: true
     conductor_workers_server: http://conductor-server:8080/api 
+    pymail_password: "{{ smtp_prod_pwd }}"
     postgres_jdbc_pass: '{{ jdbc_pass }}'
   roles:
     - common