I prefer qmail, which I've set up on several Koha servers. I wrote these (hopefully) easy instructions for qmail installation on Debian Lenny, though it should be similar for other *nix systems. It's adapted from the process described on qmailrocks.org: (From the command-line, logged in as the Koha admin.) 1) sudo apt-get install patchutils 2) sudo cpan Digest::SHA1 Digest::HMAC Net::DNS Time::HiRes HTML::Tagset HTML::Parser 3) (in the farthest down directory) sudo mkdir downloads 4) cd downloads 5) wget http://www.qmailrocks.org/downloads/qmailrocks.tar.gz <http://webmail.varndean.co.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.qmailrocks.org/downloads/qmailrocks.tar.gz> 6) tar -xvvf qmailrocks.tar.gz 7) sudo /downloads/qmailrocks/scripts/install/qmr_install_linux-s1.script 8) sudo /downloads/qmailrocks/scripts/util/qmail_big_patches.script 9) cd /usr/src/qmail/qmail-1.03 10) sudo make man && sudo make setup check 11) sudo ./config-fast [mail.mydomain.com] 12) sudo make cert 13) sudo chown -R vpopmail:qmail /var/qmail/control/clientcert.pem /var/qmail/control/servercert.pem 14) sudo pico /usr/src/qmail/ucspi-tcp-0.88/error.h 15) replace "extern int errno;" with "#include <errno.h>" 16) sudo make && sudo make setup check 17) sudo pico /package/admin/daemontools-0.76/src/error.h 18) replace "extern int errno;" with "#include <errno.h>" 19) cd /package/admin/daemontools-0.76 20) sudo package/install 21) sudo /downloads/qmailrocks/scripts/finalize/linux/finalize_linux.script 22) sudo pico /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-pop3d/run 23) replace "mail.example.com" with your server's hostname 24) sudo qmailctl stop 25) su (change to root/superuser) 26) echo '127.:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""' >> /etc/tcp.smtp 27) qmailctl cdb 28) echo [your email here] > /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-root 29) echo [your email here] > /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-postmaster 30) echo [your email here] > /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-mailer-daemon 31) echo [your email here] > /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-anonymous 32) rm /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-anonymous 33) ln -s /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-root /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-anonymous 34) chmod 644 /var/qmail/alias/.qmail* 35) exit 36) sudo /etc/init.d/exim4 stop 37) cd /etc/rc2.d 38) sudo mv S20exim4 K20exim4 39) sudo rm -f /usr/lib/sendmail 40) sudo rm -f /usr/sbin/sendmail 41) sudo ln -s /var/qmail/bin/sendmail /usr/lib/sendmail 42) sudo ln -s /var/qmail/bin/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail 43) sudo dpkg --purge --force-depends postfix 44) sudo /downloads/qmailrocks/scripts/util/qmr_inst_check 44) sudo qmailctl stop 45) sudo qmailctl start 46) sudo qmailctl stat (shows stats) 47) test (echo To: joe@example.com <mailto:joe@example.com> | /var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject) NOTE: qmail can be reconfigured through /usr/src/qmail/qmail-1.03/config-fast [hostname] -Emrys ________________________________ From: koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz on behalf of Vimal Kumar Sent: Tue 26/01/2010 08:03 To: Koha-List Subject: [Koha] Email alert from Koha Dear Friends, This is a request to Koha users with experience in configuring mail system (Sendmail or Postfix) for Koha. Many Koha users wish the availability of a documentation for preparing Koha to send automatic overdue notice and advance notices. Documentation to be include installation of sendmail or postfix, configuration, settings in Koha for mail alerts, and settings for cronjob. Thanks in advance, -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.vimalkumar.co.nr <http://webmail.varndean.co.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.vimalkumar.co.nr/> Blog: http://vimalkumar.oksociety.in <http://webmail.varndean.co.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://vimalkumar.oksociety.in/> OK Society Volunteer. http://oksociety.in <http://webmail.varndean.co.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://oksociety.in/> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White