[Ghost] Install postfix and let Ghost send mails
Let’s say you have a dedicated server running you blog on Ghost. Now every time you go to the /admin page, you get the following warning:
Ghost is currently unable to send e-mail.
Here is a guide to get you out of this bad situation in 10 minutes.
This has been tested with Ubuntu Server 12.04
Install Postfix
All we need now is to install a SMTP server so your server can send mails.
apt-get install postfix
Then select the following options:
- General type of mail configuration:
Internet Site - System mail name:
example.com
Configure postfix
Now edit the configuration:
nano /etc/postfix/main.cf
And simply change the two following lines:
myhostname = example.com
mydestination = example.com, localhost
You can also check that only localhost is able to use the postfix server:
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128
Exit nano and save, then
service postfix reload
Test postfix
To test postfix installation, you can simply send a mail from command line:
sendmail [email protected]
Hi it works !
Ctrl-D
After a few seconds, you should receive a mail in your mail box. If not, you should check in your “SPAM” folder. If still nothing you should check log files:
tail /var/log/mail.log
tail /var/log/mail.err
Edit Ghost configuration
nano /var/www/ghost/config.js
Add the following in the production part
production: {
//...
mail: {
transport: 'sendmail',
fromaddress: '[email protected]',
options: {}
},
Restart ghost service.
service ghost restart
That’s all