# Confirmation emails not sent

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/confirmation-emails-not-sent/61679>\
**Category:** Ruby-Forum\
**Created:** [May 26, 2006, 1:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/confirmation-emails-not-sent/61679 "2006-05-26T01:39:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ckruse](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@ckruse](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ckruse)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 1:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/confirmation-emails-not-sent/61679/1 "2006-05-26T01:39:52Z")

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Hello,

I put up a rforum server as a testbed for our college’s virtual reality  
/ digital logic / programmers wanting to mess around lab. I was going  
through the installation page from the main rforum site, and I got to  
step 8. after registering and giving myself admin priviledges, I waited  
for the confirmation email…and waited…and waited. I now believe  
that the email did not send correctly. I’ve checked my email address,  
and it’s correct. Is there an external program that I need that rforum  
uses as a mail backend, or is there something else that i’m missing?  
Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,  
Chris

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**Author:** ![ckruse](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@ckruse](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ckruse)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 1:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/confirmation-emails-not-sent/61679/2 "2006-05-26T01:44:21Z")

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A little clarification on top of that:

I’m running the gzipped package of rforum on ruby 1.8.4, on a Gentoo  
Linux machine, kernel 2.6.15. Hope that helps people.

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**Author:** ![ckruse](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@ckruse](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ckruse)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 12:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/confirmation-emails-not-sent/61679/3 "2006-05-27T00:10:47Z")

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You need a working MTA like Postfix or Qmail.

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**Author:** ![ckruse](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@ckruse](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ckruse)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/confirmation-emails-not-sent/61679/4 "2006-05-27T21:14:42Z")

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Thank you very much for your help! Everything is now set up and working  
properly. Here’s hoping it catches on here.