Email Configuration Labs 3b

[capable]

Hey folks,

I read three articles in the alfresco wiki and about a dozen in the forum.
each article, each thread says something else where to do the configuration to be able to send mail through alfresco.

it seems i'm not the only one confused. in addition there are no hints which solutions are valid for labs 3b.
I'm new to linux shell, new to alfresco, new to server administration, new to everything 😃 ..but I'm making progress.

So my questions are:

1.)

- do I chance custom-repository.properties in tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/extension
OR
- do I change repository.properties in tomcat\webapps\alfresco\WEB-INF\classes\alfresco\

???

2.)

- is it necessary to make adjustments in custom-repository-context.xml in tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/extension

???

3.)

- I have installed postfix on my server. what are the right settings now?
Do I need a username and password if alfresco is trying to send mails from the same server?
If I need a user and passphrase, how can I set them in postfix?

Would be nice if somebody could make those things clear to me.

Thanks, folks!

Greetz

[g_rathod]

Greetz,

You seems little confused about this configurations.

1) Make change inside repository.properties inside  WEB-INF\classes\alfresco..
    find out following properties

mail.host=<your machine ip>  if local  its localhost
mail.port=25
mail.username=anonymous
mail.password=‍‍‍‍

If you are running locally on linux there is no change except mail.host=localhost remains are as it is.

2)
      Configure your mail server properly.
     http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/mailserver_config.html

     you can check if your service is running properly by
     service fetchmail status/start/stop


You will find something helpful by trying above things..

-Thanks

[capable]

Ghanshyam, you are my hero! 😃 Thank you.
I tried so many things, made it more complicated than it actually is. But without your help I would have resignated.
Hope this is also useful to other starters.
Have a good one! ..and thanks again.

Capable