# Configure the Portal

This form is used to set the portal configuration options.

Portal 'From' name | When the portal generates mail, it uses this name as its (apparent) sender.
Portal 'From' address | When the portal generates mail, it uses this address as its (apparent) return address.
SMTP server | This is the address of your local SMTP (out-going mail) server.
Portal title | This is the title which appears at the top of every portal page.
Portal description | This description is made available via syndicated content and elsewhere. It should be fairly brief.
Password policy | Generate and email members' initial password Allow members to select their initial password
Portal default encoding | Charset used to decode portal content strings. If empty, 'ascii' is used.
Portal email encoding | Charset used to encode emails send by the portal. If empty, 'utf-8' is used if necessary.