diff --git a/scripts/install/install_ubuntu.sh b/scripts/install/install_ubuntu.sh
index 69463c8039..105e9c2581 100755
--- a/scripts/install/install_ubuntu.sh
+++ b/scripts/install/install_ubuntu.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ echo
 set +x
 
 sudo apt-get -qq update
-sudo apt-get install git mysql-server apache2 php5 php5-mysql php5-gd php5-dev php-apc dpkg-dev
+sudo apt-get install git mysql-server apache2 php5 php5-mysql php5-gd php5-dev php5-curl php-apc dpkg-dev
 
 HAVEPCNTL=`php -r "echo extension_loaded('pcntl');"`
 if [ $HAVEPCNTL != "1" ]
diff --git a/src/applications/metamta/controller/send/PhabricatorMetaMTASendController.php b/src/applications/metamta/controller/send/PhabricatorMetaMTASendController.php
index ee86d9e649..8b971b878f 100644
--- a/src/applications/metamta/controller/send/PhabricatorMetaMTASendController.php
+++ b/src/applications/metamta/controller/send/PhabricatorMetaMTASendController.php
@@ -45,14 +45,44 @@ class PhabricatorMetaMTASendController extends PhabricatorMetaMTAController {
       "Enter a number to simulate that many consecutive send failures before ".
       "really attempting to deliver via the underlying MTA.";
 
+    $doclink_href = PhabricatorEnv::getDoclink(
+      'article/Configuring_Outbound_Email.html');
+
+    $doclink = phutil_render_tag(
+      'a',
+      array(
+        'href' => $doclink_href,
+        'target' => '_blank',
+      ),
+    'Configuring Outbound Email');
+    $instructions =
+      '<p class="aphront-form-instructions">This form will send a normal '.
+      'email using the settings you have configured for Phabricator. For more '.
+      'information, see '.$doclink.'.</p>';
+
+    $adapter = PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig('metamta.mail-adapter');
+    $warning = null;
+    if ($adapter == 'PhabricatorMailImplementationTestAdapter') {
+      $warning = new AphrontErrorView();
+      $warning->setTitle('Email is Disabled');
+      $warning->setSeverity(AphrontErrorView::SEVERITY_WARNING);
+      $warning->appendChild(
+        '<p>This installation of Phabricator is currently set to use '.
+        '<tt>PhabricatorMailImplementationTestAdapter</tt> to deliver '.
+        'outbound email. This completely disables outbound email! All '.
+        'outbound email will be thrown in a deep, dark hole until you '.
+        'configure a real adapter.</p>');
+    }
 
     $form = new AphrontFormView();
     $form->setUser($request->getUser());
     $form->setAction('/mail/send/');
     $form
+      ->appendChild($instructions)
       ->appendChild(
-        '<p class="aphront-form-instructions">This form will send a normal '.
-        'email using MetaMTA as a transport mechanism.</p>')
+        id(new AphrontFormStaticControl())
+          ->setLabel('Configured Adapter')
+          ->setValue($adapter))
       ->appendChild(
         id(new AphrontFormTokenizerControl())
           ->setLabel('To')
@@ -97,7 +127,10 @@ class PhabricatorMetaMTASendController extends PhabricatorMetaMTAController {
     $panel->setWidth(AphrontPanelView::WIDTH_WIDE);
 
     return $this->buildStandardPageResponse(
-      $panel,
+      array(
+        $warning,
+        $panel,
+      ),
       array(
         'title' => 'Send Mail',
       ));
diff --git a/src/applications/metamta/controller/send/__init__.php b/src/applications/metamta/controller/send/__init__.php
index a30c192610..d71faf02c8 100644
--- a/src/applications/metamta/controller/send/__init__.php
+++ b/src/applications/metamta/controller/send/__init__.php
@@ -9,14 +9,18 @@
 phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'aphront/response/redirect');
 phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'applications/metamta/controller/base');
 phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'applications/metamta/storage/mail');
+phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'infrastructure/env');
 phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'view/form/base');
 phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'view/form/control/checkbox');
+phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'view/form/control/static');
 phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'view/form/control/submit');
 phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'view/form/control/text');
 phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'view/form/control/textarea');
 phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'view/form/control/tokenizer');
+phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'view/form/error');
 phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'view/layout/panel');
 
+phutil_require_module('phutil', 'markup');
 phutil_require_module('phutil', 'utils');
 
 
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/setup/PhabricatorSetup.php b/src/infrastructure/setup/PhabricatorSetup.php
index d6185c2e7e..023de19800 100644
--- a/src/infrastructure/setup/PhabricatorSetup.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/setup/PhabricatorSetup.php
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ class PhabricatorSetup {
       'hash',
       'json',
       'openssl',
+
+      // There is a chance we might not need this, but some configurations (like
+      // Amazon SES) will require it. Just mark it 'required' since it's widely
+      // available and relatively core.
+      'curl',
     );
     foreach ($extensions as $extension) {
       $ok = self::requireExtension($extension);