Setting Up a Mail Server On Ubuntu

mossy464 · 04-02-2010, 04:52 PM

I want to set up a mail server on ubuntu so i can send emails from php using the mail function.

The mails will only be sent locally. When I say locally I mean just to hosts on my lan. I want to be able to set up an email address for each person on the lan but all they need to be able to do is receive email. This is for a website from which they will receive emails.

Iv found a lot of guides on how to set up postfix etc on ubuntu but i am still confused. Can anyone here help?

rweaver · 04-02-2010, 04:55 PM

Well my suggestion would be jump in and set it up as best you can and when you run into stopping point ask us for help and we'll do what we can to get you online. It's pretty hard without information about what problems you're specifically having or what is confusing you to render assistance.

mossy464 · 04-05-2010, 11:46 AM

Well, I have found some tutorials but I am still confused. I installed the PEAR packages, php-mail and php-net-smtp.

I restarted apache and followed the tutorial and put together a simple script to send a mail but then I ran the script and didnt receive any mail. The tutorial said that I would not have to install a proper mail server, just the two PEAR packages.

Any suggestions?

mossy464 · 04-05-2010, 02:27 PM

Finally got this sorted.

rweaver · 04-06-2010, 11:38 AM

Sorry didn't catch your reply in time to assist you, although it seems you found the solution in good time! What was your exact problem and solution out of curiosity (gives others a reference to search for if they encounter the same)?

mossy464 · 04-07-2010, 06:57 AM

Basically my problem was, I couldnt send mail from my php script. I followed a tutorial, can i post the link for it?