Michael Leone on 23 Apr 2009 10:46:38 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] Elgg + postfix


On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Adam Zion <azion1995@gmail.com> wrote:
> Fellow PLUGgers-
>
> OK- w/help from Brent, I have started Elgg on my server. Good times.
> However, it's not sending out the confirmation e-mail messages which
> it seems to need to validate accounts. Bad times.
>
> This may well be b/c I don't yet have postfix configured on this box.
> Do I need to configure postfix to work w/Elgg and, if so, how?
>
> Thx,
> -Z
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Unless Elgg sends SMTP mail directly, it probably just tries to hand
off sending to an MTA (i.e., postfix). Setup postfix in a normal way,
and it should all just work. Or point Elgg at your existing mail
server (if you have one, and if that's an option in Elgg).

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