diff --git a/dockerfiles/email-forwarder/install.sh b/dockerfiles/email-forwarder/install.sh
index cccf990..61769d5 100755
--- a/dockerfiles/email-forwarder/install.sh
+++ b/dockerfiles/email-forwarder/install.sh
@@ -42,3 +42,6 @@ cp /data/hostname /etc/mailname
 #put your forwarding addresses in /data/forwards.
 cp /data/forwards /etc/postfix/virtual
 /usr/sbin/postconf -e "virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual"
+
+# accept mails from docker networked machines:
+/usr/sbin/postconf -e "mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128 172.17.42.0/24"
diff --git a/dockerfiles/services/apache/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/services/apache/Dockerfile
index 74b2ed4..b91b531 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/services/apache/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/services/apache/Dockerfile
@@ -14,17 +14,21 @@ RUN apt-get update \
 		php5-gd \
 		php5-mysql \
 		php5-xmlrpc \
+                ssmtp \
 	&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Add image configuration and scripts
 ADD default.conf /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf
 ADD run.sh /run.sh
-RUN sed -i "s/variables_order.*/variables_order = \"EGPCS\"/g" /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini \
+RUN sed -i "s/variables_order.*/variables_order = \"EGPCS\"/g" /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini && \
+    sed -i "s/.*sendmail_path.*/sendmail_path = \/usr\/sbin\/ssmtp -t/g" /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini \
 	&& mkdir -p /app \
 	&& rm -rf /var/www/html \
 	&& ln -s /app /var/www/html \
 	&& a2enmod rewrite \
 	&& chmod 755 /run.sh
 
+COPY ssmtp.conf /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
+
 CMD ["/run.sh"]
 EXPOSE 80
diff --git a/dockerfiles/services/apache/ssmtp.conf b/dockerfiles/services/apache/ssmtp.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa6b53b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/services/apache/ssmtp.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+mailhub=172.17.42.1
+root=postmaster
+FromLineOverride=YES
+