Cannot send mails out on linux

Rails
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hi, i’m new to Rails. just setup an application and every thing looks
fine except: cannot send mails out using “sendmail” setting.

worse: there is no error from ActionMailer - deliver_ never complained
and I got a message of “successful”.

however, the recipient never received any email.

any idea what is going on here?

thank you so much!!!

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Greetings.
It is a server issue probably/
If your server or develoment machine is Debian/Ubuntu, try sudo apt-
get install postfix

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Katherine wrote:

Greetings.
It is a server issue probably/
If your server or develoment machine is Debian/Ubuntu, try sudo apt-
get install postfix

thanks. that is a nice suggestion. i’m using a shared hosting that has
redhat installed. could you help me how to install postfirx there?

really appreciate the quick reply!

4

If you are using a shared host chances are installing postfix will be
impossible.
But the shared host should have an SMTP service you could use… maybe
best to ask the host for these details?

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can you send out email from a mail client using the smtp service?

On 3 March 2010 16:09, mark [email protected] wrote:

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Charles A. Lopez
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On Mar 3, 2010, at 7:04 PM, John U. [email protected] wrote:

Let’s talk.

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For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en
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Did you check the logs for possible error messages?

-Conrad

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Charles A. Lopez wrote:

can you send out email from a mail client using the smtp service?

On 3 March 2010 16:09, mark [email protected] wrote:

[email protected][email protected]
.
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.

–
Charles A. Lopez
[email protected]

What’s your vision for your organization?
What’s your biggest challenge?

Let’s talk.
(IBM Partner)

no.
i cannot do it eitgher - there is no error message though.

I also tried “sendmail” direcly, it works fine.

also, i tested sendmail from Perl. it is good too.

just dont understand ActionMailer…

thank you!!!

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Conrad T. wrote:

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 3, 2010, at 7:04 PM, John U. [email protected] wrote:

Let’s talk.

.
For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en
.

Did you check the logs for possible error messages?

-Conrad

no error messages at all…