diff --git a/email/send.go b/email/send.go
index 6171dcf2c292f24c1f30cb6134e1de1ef0e4638a..07b5c6058ff4c6865d32821ea5259b5842c576e6 100644
--- a/email/send.go
+++ b/email/send.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 	if authtype, ok := conf.Get("mail", "smtp-auth"); ok {
 		switch authtype {
 		case "none", "plain":
-			mailconf.enctype = authtype
+			mailconf.authtype = authtype
 		default:
 			panic(fmt.Errorf("Invalid SMTP configuration value for [smtp-auth]"))
 		}