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| author | Louise Crow <louise.crow@gmail.com> | 2014-08-08 15:41:10 +0100 |
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| committer | Louise Crow <louise.crow@gmail.com> | 2014-08-08 16:08:06 +0100 |
| commit | be80f250adc8f74d12e1038ab33fe16fe1697908 (patch) | |
| tree | 300400dcb68dcba7e1f2ad62b1f376d2e5122562 | |
| parent | 3f307ff3ebb9c90d23995cc4a0260676a95a9f66 (diff) | |
Add line about testing any address
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/installing/email.md | 17 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/installing/email.md b/docs/installing/email.md index 59785baec..57a1deb16 100644 --- a/docs/installing/email.md +++ b/docs/installing/email.md @@ -288,10 +288,19 @@ 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 (it doesn't actually send any mail). -If it is working, 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". Note that you may need to install the `mailutils` package to read the delivery report email using the `mail` command on a new server: +Make sure to replace `example.com` with your domain. This command tells +you if sending the emails to `foi\+.*example.com` is working (it doesn't +actually send any mail). If it is working, 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 + +You can also test the other aliases you have set up for your domain in +this section to check that they will deliver mail as you expect. + +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 |