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Re: configure localhost for emailing

 

Then you are al little bit off my patch :-)

Windows server 2003 and 2008 (and no doubt later) include an smtp server.
It may need to be enabled or added (add/remove programs).  You would have
to study the documentation yourself.  But the same principles will apply.
Unless you are using an upstream relay, you need to have a proper fully
qualified domain name and be sure not to accept incoming mail.

There are also a few opensource and freeware mtas available - google
"windows mail mta".  But I can not vouch for any of them so use at your own
risk.

If you are not using windows server edition then I really would strongly
advise that you do not use this machine as an internet host.

Can I ask (now that I know you are not using linux) where your requirement
is coming from to host a local mailer?  If it is just for dhis then you can
connect it to an external smtp relay service.  There are a few (google is
your friend).  Things like http://www.easy-smtp.com/ might meet your
requirements - free for lewss than 10000 emails per month.  Or mail chimp.
Again I am not endorsing either of these.  Just suggesting avenues to
explore.

Regards
Bob

On 1 October 2014 03:48, <rin.channara@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Hi bob,
> what could I can do? if the server I hosting is windows.
>
> thank you
> CHANNARA
> *From:* Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 30, 2014 6:18 Evening
>
> *To:* channara rin <rin.channara@xxxxxxxxx>
> *Cc:* DHIS 2 Developers list <dhis2-devs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, DHIS 2
> Users list <dhis2-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> At Lars's suggestion I've added those instructions (plus a little extra)
> to a small tutorial here https://www.dhis2.org/node/48.
>
> On 30 September 2014 12:08, <rin.channara@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>  Great, I will do follow
>>
>> thank you
>> *From:* Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 30, 2014 5:28 Evening
>> *To:* channara rin <rin.channara@xxxxxxxxx>
>> *Cc:* DHIS 2 Developers list <dhis2-devs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, DHIS 2
>> Users list <dhis2-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Hi Rin
>>
>> It is easy enough to setup with either postfix or exim4 to send mail
>> directly from the host.  BUT, the most important thing is to have your
>> networking properly setup ie. you must have a fully qualified domain name
>> and make sure that hostname and /etc/hosts is correct.  If you don't have
>> this, you need to take a different approach by relaying to some other
>> smarthost.
>>
>> I'll outline the procedure for exim4:
>>
>> install exim4 with 'sudo apt-get install exim4'. Then configure with:
>>
>> sudo dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config
>>
>> Then working through the screens ...
>>
>> 1.  Select the option for "internet site; mail is sent directly through
>> smtp"
>>
>> 2.  The system mail name should be your fqdn (eg.  dhis2.somewhere.org)
>>
>> 3.  Make sure smtp listener only listens on localhost (127.0.0.1 ; ::1)
>>
>> 4.  leave "other destinations for which mail is accepted" blank
>>
>> 5.   leave "domains to relay for" blank
>>
>> 6.   leave "machines to relay for" blank
>>
>> Just accept defaults for everything else.
>>
>> Try sending yourself a mail by typing:
>>
>> mail rin.channara@xxxxxxxxx
>>
>> (finish the mail by just typing a dot on a line on its own)
>>
>> Beware the mail may well be sent but end up in your spam.
>>
>> Check 'sudo tail /var/log/exim4/mainlog' to see what happened.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> On 30 September 2014 11:02, <rin.channara@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>  Hi all dev and user love DHIS2,
>>> Has any body know how to configure localhost running DHIS2 can emailing?
>>> -webserver: apache tomcat
>>> -DHIS2 v2.16
>>> -DB: postgreSQL
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>> CHANNARA
>>>
>>>
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