diff --git a/library/config.php b/library/config.php
index b586829e4..d65825adb 100644
--- a/library/config.php
+++ b/library/config.php
@@ -435,11 +435,11 @@ $bb_cfg['invites_system'] = [
 ];
 $bb_cfg['password_symbols'] = [
     // What symbols should be required in the password
-    'nums' => true, // Numeric
-    'spec_symbols' => false, // Special symbols
-    'letters' => [ // Letters
-        'uppercase' => true, // Uppercase letters
-        'lowercase' => true // Lowercase letters
+    'nums' => true,
+    'spec_symbols' => false,
+    'letters' => [
+        'uppercase' => false,
+        'lowercase' => true
     ]
 ];
 $bb_cfg['password_hash_options'] = [
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ $bb_cfg['password_hash_options'] = [
 // Email
 $bb_cfg['emailer'] = [
     'enabled' => true,
+    'sendmail_command' => '/usr/sbin/sendmail -bs',
     'smtp' => [
         'enabled' => false, // send email via external SMTP server
         'host' => 'localhost', // SMTP server host
diff --git a/src/Emailer.php b/src/Emailer.php
index f1162eb36..7330f9405 100644
--- a/src/Emailer.php
+++ b/src/Emailer.php
@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ class Emailer
                 $tpl_file = LANG_ROOT_DIR . '/' . $bb_cfg['default_lang'] . '/email/' . $template_file . '.html';
 
                 if (!is_file($tpl_file)) {
-                    bb_die('Could not find email template file: ' . $template_file);
+                    throw new Exception('Could not find email template file: ' . $template_file);
                 }
             }
 
             if (!$fd = fopen($tpl_file, 'rb')) {
-                bb_die('Failed opening email template file: ' . $tpl_file);
+                throw new Exception('Failed opening email template file: ' . $tpl_file);
             }
 
             $this->tpl_msg[$template_lang . $template_file] = fread($fd, filesize($tpl_file));
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ class Emailer
                 $transport = new EsmtpTransport('localhost', 25);
             }
         } else {
-            $transport = new SendmailTransport('/usr/sbin/sendmail -bs');
+            $transport = new SendmailTransport($bb_cfg['emailer']['sendmail_command']);
         }
 
         $mailer = new Mailer($transport);