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sendmail and local mail server?

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For testing emails I don't want to actually send an email out (and can't anyway as ISP blocks port 25).

I have installed Sendmail, and what I want to do is install a mail server on the same pc that is sending the email which I can simply send the emails to, and receive them on my pc.

so I am looking for a couple of guides.

install and configure sendmail correctly for this.

install and configure a mail server correctly for this.

setup mail client (evolution) to connect to the mail server

Can anyone help with this?

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answered 2 Years ago rillrage · Accepted Answer

Take a look here.

Forget about sendmail, it's just too complicated for testing purpuses. You'll need a program to receive emails (that would be postfix) and a mail delivery agent to get the mails to your client via POP3 or IMAP. This could be dovecot - to use with postfix just use the dovecot-postfix package. The guide mentioned above explains what you have to do.