how to allow wordpress to send email from server

cucolin@ · 07-30-2008, 03:12 PM

we have a development server. we are working with wordpress. as you know when you install wordpress at one of the many hosting companies wordpress is able to send confirmation emails. how can i do this with our dev linux box? i already installed postfix, is this enough for wordpress? running ubuntu server, thanks...

trickykid · 07-30-2008, 08:16 PM

Usually any MTA like postfix is sufficient. Wordpress like most other PHP CMS and Blog applications will use the sendmail command to send out emails for confirmations, signups, etc.

cucolin@ · 07-31-2008, 04:22 PM

i'm trying the steps at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Po...asicSetupHowto

the part that says 'Test your default setup'
i'm not able to see any messages when i type the 'mail' command- "No mail for fmaster". i'm able to see the mail at the Maildir directory. this is a development server and its accessible in our LAN only and is for test purposes only. is there anything else i'm missing? thanks..

cucolin@ · 08-01-2008, 10:57 AM

i found a plugin: http://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/configure-smtp

it would be great if we can learn how to do this without the plugin. thanks..

Mr. C. · 08-01-2008, 01:42 PM

The mail command reads mbox formats, not Maildir. You can use the mail command to send mail. You need a Maildir capable MUA to read Maildirs.