diff --git a/blogthon.cgi b/blogthon.cgi
index 6e32476..8318fdd 100755
--- a/blogthon.cgi
+++ b/blogthon.cgi
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ if cname and ctext and ctitle:
 		if new_comment_mail:
 			msg = 'From: Blogthon\nSubject: New comment on ' + blog_title + '\n\nSomeone wrote a comment to this entry: ' + blog_url + '?p=' + re.sub(' ', '-', ctitle)
 			smtp = smtplib.SMTP(smtp_host)
+			if smtp_user != '' and stmp_pass != '':
+				smtp.login(smtp_user, smtp_pass)
 			smtp.sendmail(blog_title, mail_to, msg)
 			smtp.quit()
 
diff --git a/configuration b/configuration
index 481a79e..ed1c0d7 100644
--- a/configuration
+++ b/configuration
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ newest_first: True
 new_comment_mail= False
 mail_to= please@change.me!!!
 smtp_host= localhost
-smtp_user= changeme
-smtp_pass= changeme
+smtp_user=
+smtp_pass=