# Mail Host>Edit

This view allows you to manage the attributes of the mail host.

A mail host allows Zope to send mail with the SMTP protocol.

The `Id` field indicates the id of the mail host. The `Title` field allows you to specify the title of the mail host. The `Local host` field allows you to specify the name of the server on which Zope is running. The `SMTP host` field allows you to specify the name of the mail server. The `SMTP port` field allows you to specify the port on which the mail server accepts SMTP requests. The `Max. timeout` field allows you to specify how long Zope should wait (in seconds) for a response from the mail server before aborting a mail request.