diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5a42acb67..c76651868 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ dist/coral-admin/bundle.js
 tests/e2e/reports
 .DS_Store
 *.iml
+*.swp
 dump.rdb
 .env
 gaba.cfg
diff --git a/client/coral-framework/modules/i18n/i18n.js b/client/coral-framework/modules/i18n/i18n.js
index afe8606d1..1d81e885c 100644
--- a/client/coral-framework/modules/i18n/i18n.js
+++ b/client/coral-framework/modules/i18n/i18n.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import timeago from 'timeago.js';
 import esTA from '../../../../node_modules/timeago.js/locales/es';
+import has from 'lodash/has';
+import get from 'lodash/get';
 
 /**
  * Default locales, this should be overriden by config file
@@ -46,21 +48,18 @@ class i18n {
        * it takes a string with the translation key and returns
        * the translation value or the key itself if not found
        * it works with nested translations (my.page.title)
+       *
+       * any extra parameters are optional and replace a variable marked by {0}, {1}, etc in the translation.
        */
 
-    this.t = (key) => {
-      const arr = key.split('.');
-      let translation = this.translations;
-      try {
-        for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {translation = translation[arr[i]];}
-      } catch (error) {
-        console.warn(`${key} language key not set`);
-        return key;
-      }
-
-      const val = String(translation);
-      if (val) {
-        return val;
+    this.t = (key, ...replacements) => {
+      if (has(this.translations, key)) {
+        let translation = get(this.translations, key);
+        // replace any {n} with the arguments passed to this method
+        replacements.forEach((str, i) => {
+          translation = translation.replace(new RegExp(`\\{${i}\\}`, 'g'), str);
+        });
+        return translation;
       } else {
         console.warn(`${key} language key not set`);
         return key;
diff --git a/services/mailer.js b/services/mailer.js
index 4da8024ca..b7d621954 100644
--- a/services/mailer.js
+++ b/services/mailer.js
@@ -1,10 +1,36 @@
 const nodemailer = require('nodemailer');
 
-if (!process.env.TALK_SMTP_CONNECTION_URL) {
-  console.error('TALK_SMTP_CONNECTION_URL should be defined if you would like to send password reset emails from Talk');
+const smtpRequiredProps = [
+  'TALK_SMTP_USERNAME',
+  'TALK_SMTP_PASSWORD',
+  'TALK_SMTP_PROVIDER'
+];
+
+smtpRequiredProps.forEach(prop => {
+  if (!process.env[prop]) {
+    console.error(`process.env.${prop} should be defined if you would like to send password reset emails from Talk`);
+  }
+});
+
+const options = {
+  // list of providers here:
+  // https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer-wellknown#supported-services
+  service: process.env.TALK_SMTP_PROVIDER,
+  auth: {
+    user: process.env.TALK_SMTP_USERNAME,
+    pass: process.env.TALK_SMTP_PASSWORD
+  }
+};
+
+if (process.env.TALK_SMTP_PORT) {
+  options.port = process.env.TALK_SMTP_PORT;
 }
 
-const defaultTransporter = nodemailer.createTransport(process.env.TALK_SMTP_CONNECTION_URL);
+if (process.env.TALK_SMTP_HOST) {
+  options.host = process.env.TALK_SMTP_HOST;
+}
+
+const defaultTransporter = nodemailer.createTransport(options);
 
 const mailer = {