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| author | Louise Crow <louise.crow@gmail.com> | 2014-08-07 12:40:48 +0100 |
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| committer | Louise Crow <louise.crow@gmail.com> | 2014-08-07 12:41:17 +0100 |
| commit | ba683f9f6acbcde8455ab8e9974ed45e0761534a (patch) | |
| tree | 977c5a23342c5f15133b8e8c7a12fb5333e69d33 | |
| parent | 6314c5f5aff091244f16cd183d975631945c5b88 (diff) | |
Add note about needing mailutils to read mail.
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/installing/email.md | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/installing/email.md b/docs/installing/email.md index 1b801dec3..88a0b9ecc 100644 --- a/docs/installing/email.md +++ b/docs/installing/email.md @@ -162,9 +162,11 @@ To test mail delivery, run: $ /usr/sbin/sendmail -bv foi+request-1234@example.com Make sure to replace `example.com` with your domain. This command tells you if sending the emails to `foi\+.*example.com` is working. -If it is, you should receive a delivery report email sent to `root`, +If it is, you should receive a delivery report email, with text like "<foi+request-1234@example.com>: delivery via alaveteli: -delivers to command: /var/www/alaveteli/script/mailin". +delivers to command: /var/www/alaveteli/script/mailin". Note that you may need to install the `mailutils` package to read the delivery report email using the `mail` command on a new server: + + apt-get install mailutils ## Example setup on exim4 |