If you run ghost cms on docker you should add options to .env file. Because Ghost automatically picks up these variables. There’s no need to edit config.production.json manually—that’s a thing of the past, like rotary phones.
So if you try to edit config.production.json it will not work.
But if try to add options “staffDeviceVerification”: false and mail__transport=Direct. It should works without e-mail integrations…