I discovered through the silent scream of no updates from my drupal installation that drupal’s mail wasn’t working. I fired up google and found this excellent post that gets you nearly there. What’s missing, of course, is the enabling binary called “sendmail.”
Here’s how to enable a GoDaddy CentOS Virtual Server’s sendmail so that Drupal can send email:
- Confirm whether senmail is working
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service --status-all | grep sendmail
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- Install sendmail and sendmail-cf
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yum install 'sendmail sendmail-cf'
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- Edit with your favorite editor (vim, no doubt):
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vim /etc/mail/sendmail.mc - Search for ‘SMART_HOST’ and insert the line below just below it. Comment it for clarity’s sake.
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define(`SMART_HOST',`k2smtpout.secureserver.net')dnl - Save and close file.
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- Run this command:
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m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
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- Finally, start or restart your sendmail service:
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service start sendmail
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That did it for me.
