Difference between revisions of "SUNScholar/Prepare Ubuntu/S07"

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DSpace needs to send emails in order to facilitate submission workflows etc.

Ideally before setting this up, you should speak to your campus email administrator.

Type the following;

sudo dpkg --purge exim4

Install the Postfix mail server by typing as follows;

When asked for type of setup, select "Internet with Smarthost".

The "Smarthost" is your campus email sending server, read the wiki page below for alternatives, if you do not have a campus email sending server.

See links below for more detail before continuing.

sudo apt-get install postfix

Now we edit the servers "mailname" by typing as follows:

sudo nano /etc/mailname

Add one line only which should be the hostname (URL) of your server, for example: scholar.sun.ac.za.

Below is a screenshot of the yearly postifx mail queue

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 ==[[SUNScholar/Prepare Ubuntu/S07/Advanced|Advanced Postfix Configuration]]==
-==Optional==
+==[[SUNScholar/Prepare Ubuntu/S07/Optional|Optional Tests]]==
-The following are not required and are optional.
-===Setup the email aliases===
-Now we need to forward any email sent to local accounts on the server to email accounts of persons responsible for the repository.
-The "root" and "dspace user" email address forwarding are setup as follows.
-Type the following.
- sudo nano /etc/aliases
-Add aliases as per example below:
-<pre>
-# Added by installer for initial user
-root:   me@my.edu.ac.za
-dspace: me@my.edu.ac.za
-</pre>
-''Change the '''me@my.edu.ac.za''' to your email address.''
-To activate the new aliases type the following:
- sudo newaliases
-===Send a test email to root===
-Install the command line mailer program as follows:
- sudo apt-get install mailutils
-Now we can send a test email to the root user by typing as follows:
- mail -s "Test Email from root" root
-Press the "Enter" key and type some message content. Press '''CTL+D''' twice and then '''Enter''' to send the mail.
-Check the following log for any delivery errors as follows:
- sudo tail -n 20 /var/log/mail.log
-If there are no delivery errors then your mail server is setup.
 ==References==