diff --git a/docs/INSTALL-ubuntu.md b/docs/INSTALL-ubuntu.md
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@@ -268,8 +268,15 @@ Add the following lines:
     # Disabled for now - log rotation isn't *quite* complete
     #0 0 * * * /usr/sbin/logrotate /var/www/discourse/config/logrotate.conf
 
+## Email setup
+
+IMPORTANT: Discourse relies heavily on email. If your email configuration is not correct, you will effectively have a broken forum.
+Please, head over to our [Mail Setup Guide](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-email.md) to find out more information on how to properly setup emails.
+
 Congratulations! You've got Discourse installed and running!
 
+## Administrator account
+
 Now make yourself an administrator account. Browse to your discourse instance
 and create an account by logging in normally, then run the commands: