Feature: password reset (#4289)

docs/configuration.md

@@ -1301,3 +1301,32 @@ started by the container.
     v1.9.2. A one-time migration is performed for users who have this
     setting set. This setting is always ignored if the corresponding
     frontend setting has been set.
+
+## Email sending
+
+Setting an SMTP server for the backend will allow you to reset your
+password. All of these options come from their similarly-named [Django settings](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#email-host)
+
+#### [`PAPERLESS_EMAIL_HOST=<str>`](#PAPERLESS_EMAIL_HOST) {#PAPERLESS_EMAIL_HOST}
+
+: Defaults to 'localhost'.
+
+#### [`PAPERLESS_EMAIL_PORT=<int>`](#PAPERLESS_EMAIL_PORT) {#PAPERLESS_EMAIL_PORT}
+
+: Defaults to port 25.
+
+#### [`PAPERLESS_EMAIL_HOST_USER=<str>`](#PAPERLESS_EMAIL_HOST_USER) {#PAPERLESS_EMAIL_HOST_USER}
+
+: Defaults to ''.
+
+#### [`PAPERLESS_EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=<str>`](#PAPERLESS_EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD) {#PAPERLESS_EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD}
+
+: Defaults to ''.
+
+#### [`PAPERLESS_EMAIL_USE_TLS=<bool>`](#PAPERLESS_EMAIL_USE_TLS) {#PAPERLESS_EMAIL_USE_TLS}
+
+: Defaults to false.
+
+#### [`PAPERLESS_EMAIL_USE_SSL=<bool>`](#PAPERLESS_EMAIL_USE_SSL) {#PAPERLESS_EMAIL_USE_SSL}
+
+: Defaults to false.

docs/usage.md

@@ -261,6 +261,11 @@ These can be found under Settings > Users & Groups, assuming the user has access
 as a member of a group those permissions will be inherited and this is reflected in the UI. Explicit
 permissions can be granted to limit access to certain parts of the UI (and corresponding API endpoints).
 
+### Password reset
+
+In order to enable the password reset feature you will need to setup an SMTP backend, see
+[`PAPERLESS_EMAIL_HOST`](/configuration#PAPERLESS_EMAIL_HOST)
+
 ## Consumption templates
 
 Consumption templates were introduced in v2.0 and allow for finer control over what metadata (tags, doc