# Which Problems Are Solved
- Zitadel doesn't have a way to test SMTP settings either before
creating a new provider or once the SMTP provider has been created.
- Zitadel SMTP messages can be more informative for usual errors
# How the Problems Are Solved
- A new step is added to the new/update SMTP provider wizard that allows
us to test a configuration. The result is shown in a text area.
- From the table of SMTP providers you can test your settings too.
- The email address to send the email is by default the email address
for the logged in user as suggested.
- Some of the SMTP error messages have been changed to give more
information about the possible situation. For example: could not contact
with the SMTP server, check the port, firewall issues... instead of
could not dial
Here's a video showing this new option in action:
https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/assets/30386061/50128ba1-c9fa-4481-8eec-e79a3ca69bda
# Additional Changes
Replace this example text with a concise list of additional changes that
this PR introduces, that are not directly solving the initial problem
but are related.
For example:
- The docs explicitly describe that the property XY is mandatory
- Adds missing translations for validations.
# Additional Context
- Closes#4504
# Which Problems Are Solved
Some organizations / customers have the requirement, that there users
regularly need to change their password.
ZITADEL already had the possibility to manage a `password age policy` (
thought the API) with the maximum amount of days a password should be
valid, resp. days after with the user should be warned of the upcoming
expiration.
The policy could not be managed though the Console UI and was not
checked in the Login UI.
# How the Problems Are Solved
- The policy can be managed in the Console UI's settings sections on an
instance and organization level.
- During an authentication in the Login UI, if a policy is set with an
expiry (>0) and the user's last password change exceeds the amount of
days set, the user will be prompted to change their password.
- The prompt message of the Login UI can be customized in the Custom
Login Texts though the Console and API on the instance and each
organization.
- The information when the user last changed their password is returned
in the Auth, Management and User V2 API.
- The policy can be retrieved in the settings service as `password
expiry settings`.
# Additional Changes
None.
# Additional Context
- closes#8081
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Co-authored-by: Tim Möhlmann <tim+github@zitadel.com>
