diff --git a/.github/workflows/spring-boot-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/spring-boot-ci.yml
index 2513af7..d0fae19 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spring-boot-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spring-boot-ci.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ on:
     branches:
       - 'main'
   pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - '**'  # Run on all PRs to any branch
 
 jobs:
   build-and-test:
@@ -33,6 +31,13 @@ jobs:
           DATABASE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DATABASE_USERNAME }}
           DATABASE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.DATABASE_PASSWORD }}
           DATABASE_DRIVER_CLASS_NAME: ${{ secrets.DATABASE_DRIVER_CLASS_NAME }}
+          MAIL_SERVICE_HOST: ${{ secrets.MAIL_SERVICE_HOST }}
+          MAIL_SERVICE_PORT: ${{ secrets.MAIL_SERVICE_PORT }}
+          MAIL_SERVICE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.MAIL_SERVICE_USERNAME }}
+          MAIL_SERVICE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.MAIL_SERVICE_PASSWORD }}
+          MAIL_SERVICE_SMTP: ${{ secrets.MAIL_SERVICE_SMTP }}
+          MAIL_SERVICE_STARTTLS: ${{ secrets.MAIL_SERVICE_STARTTLS }}
+          MAIL_SERVICE_DOMAIN_NAME: ${{ secrets.MAIL_SERVICE_DOMAIN_NAME }}
 
       - name: Run Tests
         run: mvn test
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b60a0da..5944935 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,3 +35,5 @@ build/
 .DS_Store
 
 src/main/resources/application-dev.properties
+.github/workflows/java-code-quality.yml
+.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application-production.properties b/src/main/resources/application-production.properties
index 5bbc92b..6b8edc4 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application-production.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application-production.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# --- Database Setup ---
 spring.datasource.url=${DATABASE_URL}
 spring.datasource.username=${DATABASE_USERNAME}
 spring.datasource.password=${DATABASE_PASSWORD}
@@ -5,3 +6,12 @@ spring.datasource.driver-class-name=${DATABASE_DRIVER_CLASS_NAME}
 spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
 spring.jpa.show-sql=false
 
+
+# --- Mail Service Setup ---
+spring.mail.host=${MAIL_SERVICE_HOST}
+spring.mail.port=${MAIL_SERVICE_PORT}
+spring.mail.username=${MAIL_SERVICE_USERNAME}
+spring.mail.password=${MAIL_SERVICE_PASSWORD}
+spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.auth=${MAIL_SERVICE_SMTP}
+spring.mail.properties.mail.starttls.enable=${MAIL_SERVICE_STARTTLS}
+spring.mail.properties.domain_name=${MAIL_SERVICE_DOMAIN_NAME}
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