From f2ef036b2368bb0b883c919bcb47aaac8bc5b0df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lysanne Pinto <lpinto@gitlab.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2024 10:22:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] SMTP docs for Dedicated

---
 doc/.vale/gitlab/Uppercase.yml                     | 1 +
 doc/administration/dedicated/configure_instance.md | 6 ++++++
 doc/subscriptions/gitlab_dedicated/index.md        | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/.vale/gitlab/Uppercase.yml b/doc/.vale/gitlab/Uppercase.yml
index d98a41c7194c5..c3ef914406819 100644
--- a/doc/.vale/gitlab/Uppercase.yml
+++ b/doc/.vale/gitlab/Uppercase.yml
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ exceptions:
   - SDK
   - SELF
   - SEO
+  - SES
   - SFTP
   - SHA
   - SKI
diff --git a/doc/administration/dedicated/configure_instance.md b/doc/administration/dedicated/configure_instance.md
index 7240aa82e2a3a..c433e7334b0fc 100644
--- a/doc/administration/dedicated/configure_instance.md
+++ b/doc/administration/dedicated/configure_instance.md
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ You can add a [custom hostname](../../subscriptions/gitlab_dedicated/index.md#br
 
 To add a custom hostname after your instance is created, submit a [support ticket](https://support.gitlab.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=4414917877650).
 
+### SMTP email service
+
+You can configure an [SMTP](../../subscriptions/gitlab_dedicated/index.md#smtp) email service for your GitLab Dedicated instance.
+
+To configure an SMTP email service, submit a [support ticket](https://support.gitlab.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=4414917877650) with the credentials and settings for your SMTP server.
+
 ### Inbound Private Link
 
 [AWS Private Link](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/privatelink/what-is-privatelink.html) allows users and applications in your VPC on AWS to securely connect to the GitLab Dedicated endpoint without network traffic going over the public internet.
diff --git a/doc/subscriptions/gitlab_dedicated/index.md b/doc/subscriptions/gitlab_dedicated/index.md
index 686e1753e543c..45cb9a8aa6df1 100644
--- a/doc/subscriptions/gitlab_dedicated/index.md
+++ b/doc/subscriptions/gitlab_dedicated/index.md
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ During onboarding, you can specify an AWS KMS encryption key stored in your own
 
 Email sent from GitLab Dedicated uses [Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES)](https://aws.amazon.com/ses/). The connection to Amazon SES is encrypted.
 
+If you would rather send application email using an SMTP server instead of Amazon SES, you can [configure your own email service](../../administration/dedicated/configure_instance.md#smtp-email-service).
+
 ### Compliance
 
 #### Certifications
-- 
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