Server Sendmail

Installation of sendmail in the server droplet / machine

This guide is focus more on Linux OS

1. Firstly, install Sendmail using the command:

$ sudo apt-get install sendmail

1. Now configure /etc/hosts file. To find the hostname, use the command:

$ hostname

1. Then type the command:

$ sudo nano /etc/hosts

1. On the line starting with 127.0.0.1, add the hostname to the end so it looks the same as:

$ 127.0.0.1 localhost hostname

1. Now press Ctrl+x, then ‘Y’ to save and exit.

2. Run Sendmail’s config and answer ‘Y’ to everything

$ sudo sendmailconfig

1. Now restart Apache with the command:

$ sudo service apache2 restart

🎉Congrats!, your server can now send an email using our recruit application.

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Need to test if working fine?, follow steps below.

1. You can use the following instructions to send email using the sendmail command:

$ sendmail email_address < file.txt

For example, I have created a file file.txt with the following text:

Hello there !

1. The command for sending the message will be:

$ sendmail < file.txt [e-mail]

You can use -s option to specify the email subject.

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Reference: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/send-email-linux-command-line