I can't figure out how to set up email for OSQA on webfaction. It seems there are steps I need to take within the webfaction control panel, within the OSQA admin site, and maybe also within the django settings files? But the steps aren't documented anywhere that I can find, and I've never set up an SMTP system before. Help!

In case it matters, I installed OSQA using the community script (http://community.webfaction.com/questions/3159/installing-osqa-using-the-script).

asked 21 Oct '11, 09:59

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I just did it myself actually, let me walk you through it: (it seems long, but I have gone into great detail, it should take less than 10 minutes)

1) Login to the WebFaction Control Panel. You can find it at my.webfaction.com.

2) Go to the Emails>Mailboxes section.

3) Click the Add New button (Piece of paper with a green circle and a plus)

4) Type anything you want in for the name. Mine is <websitename>_automail. This wont show up to anyone except you. (And others with Admin Server Access) Note down the password it tells you.

5) Now go to Emails>E-mail Addresses

6) Click the Add New button again.

7) Put whatever you want in for your username. This WILL show up externally. Mine is called do-not-reply.

8) Set subdomain to your website's address

9) In the targets box, put in the name of the mailbox you entered in step 4

10) Leave script machine and script path blank

11) Turn autoresponder on if you want to. This is the reply people will get if they send an email to the address. Mine is set to:

Subject: No Reply

Message:

Do not reply to any emails from this service. It is an automated service and replies will not be read.

12) Leave the other two fields blank.

13) Log onto your OSQA website as an administrator.

14) Click Administration (top right)

15) Click Email Settings (on the right in Standard Interface, down the bottom in Django Style Interface)

16) Set email server to be smtp.webfaction.com

17) Set email port to 587

18) Set email user to whatever you named your mailbox in step 4

19) Set the password to whatever WebFaction Control Panel told you at the end of step 4

20) Set use TLS to true (checked)

21) Set site from address to the email address you specified in step 7 (remember the @<your website="">.webfactional.com)

22) Set the rest to whatever you want. I have the following:

Subject prefix: Automated Message:

Footer: Remember not to reply to this email. This is an automated service.

23) Save the settings and click the test button! Good luck!

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answered 24 Oct '11, 05:38

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Beautiful. Thanks for a great answer!

(24 Oct '11, 12:17) agong

Your welcome!

(24 Oct '11, 18:54) YoshieMaster
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