diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 863ca48..c0d9aa2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ the host running the containers and are imported at runtime in the containers.
 
 * `/opt/mailman/web/settings_local.py` : This is the Django configuration that
   is imported by the [existing configuration][2]
-  provided by the mailman-web container. **This file is referred to as 
+  provided by the mailman-web container. **This file is referred to as
   `settings.py` in most of the Postorius and Django documentation.** To change
   or override any settings in Django/Postorius, you need to create/edit this file.
   A useful configuration for troubleshooting is `DEBUG = True`.
@@ -196,9 +196,9 @@ docker-compose.yaml for mailman-web container. By default, `SMTP_HOST` points
 to the gateway of the web container, which is the host itself.
 
 You can also use the environment variables `SMTP_HOST` (defaults to
-the container's gateway and is set automatically), `SMTP_PORT` (defaults to `25`),
-`SMTP_HOST_USER` (defaults to an empty string), `SMTP_HOST_PASSWORD` (defaults 
-to an empty string) and `SMTP_USE_TLS` (defaults to `False`).
+the container's gateway), `SMTP_PORT` (defaults to `25`), `SMTP_HOST_USER` (defaults to
+an empty string), `SMTP_HOST_PASSWORD` (defaults to an empty string),
+`SMTP_USE_TLS` (defaults to `False`) and `SMTP_USE_SSL` (defaults to `False`).
 
 This is required in addition to the [Setup your MTA](#setting-up-your-mta)
 section below, which covers email setup for Mailman Core.
diff --git a/get_latest_ref.py b/get_latest_ref.py
index 4276e44..a761d7e 100755
--- a/get_latest_ref.py
+++ b/get_latest_ref.py
@@ -25,14 +25,17 @@ def main():
     gl = gitlab.Gitlab('https://gitlab.com/', gl_token)
 
     project = gl.projects.get(project_name)
-    branch = project.branches.get(branch_name)
-    top_commit = project.commits.get(branch.commit['short_id'])
-
-    if top_commit.last_pipeline['status'] == 'success':
-        print(top_commit.short_id)
-    else:
-        exit(1)
 
+    # Find the last commit in the branch that passed the CI
+    # successfully and return the reference to it.
+    for commit in project.commits.list(ref=branch_name):
+        stasues = list(status.status == 'success' for status in
+                        commit.statuses.list() if status.allow_failure == False)
+        if len(stasues) == 0:
+            continue
+        if all(stasues):
+            print(commit.short_id)
+            break
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/postorius/mailman-web/settings.py b/postorius/mailman-web/settings.py
index 984fbc3..d701c4e 100644
--- a/postorius/mailman-web/settings.py
+++ b/postorius/mailman-web/settings.py
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ EMAIL_PORT = os.environ.get('SMTP_PORT', 25)
 EMAIL_HOST_USER = os.environ.get('SMTP_HOST_USER', '')
 EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = os.environ.get('SMTP_HOST_PASSWORD', '')
 EMAIL_USE_TLS = os.environ.get('SMTP_USE_TLS', False)
-
+EMAIL_USE_SSL = os.environ.get('SMTP_USE_SSL', False)
 
 # Compatibility with Bootstrap 3
 from django.contrib.messages import constants as messages  # flake8: noqa
diff --git a/web/README.md b/web/README.md
index 7d8d991..54bef5f 100644
--- a/web/README.md
+++ b/web/README.md
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ change them unless you know what you want.
 - `SMTP_USE_TLS`: Specifies wheather the SMTP connection is encrypted
   via TLS. Default is `False`.
 
+- `SMTP_USE_SSL`: Specifies wheather the SMTP connection is encrypted
+  via SSL. Default is `False`.
+
 - `DJANGO_LOG_URL`: Path to the django's log file. Defaults to
   `/opt/mailman-web-data/logs/mailmanweb.log`.
 
diff --git a/web/mailman-web/settings.py b/web/mailman-web/settings.py
index 84afc49..6c2d0d0 100644
--- a/web/mailman-web/settings.py
+++ b/web/mailman-web/settings.py
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ EMAIL_PORT = os.environ.get('SMTP_PORT', 25)
 EMAIL_HOST_USER = os.environ.get('SMTP_HOST_USER', '')
 EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = os.environ.get('SMTP_HOST_PASSWORD', '')
 EMAIL_USE_TLS = os.environ.get('SMTP_USE_TLS', False)
-
+EMAIL_USE_SSL = os.environ.get('SMTP_USE_SSL', False)
 
 # Compatibility with Bootstrap 3
 from django.contrib.messages import constants as messages  # flake8: noqa