diff --git a/conf/seahub_settings.py b/conf/seahub_settings.py
index ee43935..7f6e0f7 100644
--- a/conf/seahub_settings.py
+++ b/conf/seahub_settings.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ MEDIA_URL = "__PATH2__media/"
 COMPRESS_URL = MEDIA_URL
 STATIC_URL = MEDIA_URL + 'assets/'
 EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
-EMAIL_HOST = "__DOMAIN__"
+EMAIL_HOST = "localhost"
 EMAIL_HOST_USER = "__APP__"
 EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = "__MAIL_PWD__"
 EMAIL_PORT = "587"