# Cannot send mails out on linux **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 3, 2010, 8:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-send-mails-out-on-linux/184477 "2010-03-03T08:32:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![johnuseast](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ea5d25/32.png) [@johnuseast](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnuseast)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 8:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-send-mails-out-on-linux/184477/1 "2010-03-03T08:32:11Z")
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!!! ---
**Author:** ![johnuseast](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ea5d25/32.png) [@johnuseast](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnuseast)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 9:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-send-mails-out-on-linux/184477/2 "2010-03-03T09:14:10Z")
Greetings. It is a server issue probably/ If your server or develoment machine is Debian/Ubuntu, try sudo apt- get install postfix ---
**Author:** ![johnuseast](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ea5d25/32.png) [@johnuseast](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnuseast)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 10:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-send-mails-out-on-linux/184477/3 "2010-03-03T10:46:22Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![johnuseast](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ea5d25/32.png) [@johnuseast](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnuseast)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-send-mails-out-on-linux/184477/4 "2010-03-03T22:10:59Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![johnuseast](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ea5d25/32.png) [@johnuseast](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnuseast)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-send-mails-out-on-linux/184477/5 "2010-03-03T22:37:19Z")
can you send out email from a mail client using the smtp service? On 3 March 2010 16:09, mark [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > . > For more options, visit this group at > [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). – Charles A. Lopez removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid What’s your vision for your organization? What’s your biggest challenge? Let’s talk. (IBM Partner) ---
**Author:** ![johnuseast](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ea5d25/32.png) [@johnuseast](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnuseast)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-send-mails-out-on-linux/184477/6 "2010-03-04T04:12:08Z")
Sent from my iPhone On Mar 3, 2010, at 7:04 PM, John U. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > > > > Let’s talk. > > . > For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en) > . Did you check the logs for possible error messages? -Conrad ---
**Author:** ![johnuseast](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ea5d25/32.png) [@johnuseast](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnuseast)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-send-mails-out-on-linux/184477/7 "2010-03-04T04:04:25Z")
Charles A. Lopez wrote: > can you send out email from a mail client using the smtp service? > > On 3 March 2010 16:09, mark [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > > [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). > > – > Charles A. Lopez > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > > 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!!! ---
**Author:** ![johnuseast](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ea5d25/32.png) [@johnuseast](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnuseast)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-send-mails-out-on-linux/184477/8 "2010-03-04T17:29:34Z")
Conrad T. wrote: > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 3, 2010, at 7:04 PM, John U. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Let’s talk. > > > > . > > For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en) > > . > > Did you check the logs for possible error messages? > > -Conrad no error messages at all…