diff --git a/roles/service-grafana/templates/grafana.ini.j2 b/roles/service-grafana/templates/grafana.ini.j2
index c105160..d37e92b 100644
--- a/roles/service-grafana/templates/grafana.ini.j2
+++ b/roles/service-grafana/templates/grafana.ini.j2
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ org_role = Viewer
 
 [smtp]
 
+enabled = true
+skip_verify = true
+
 [emails]
 
 [log]
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ level = warn
 
 [alerting]
 
-enabled = false
+enabled = true
 
 [metrics]