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Setting up email on your VM

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This part of the documentation is currently lacking, but might be updated in the near, near future.

This part of the documentation is currently empty, but might be updated in the near, near future.

  1. ssh to your VM
  2. sudo apt install exim4
  3. sudo dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config
  4. choose Stamp
  5. choose local IP, also default port. Set rest to empty/default. SPlit config; yes. might get a warning, which should be fine.
  6. then type mail
  7. mail debian@localhost
  8. type some placeholder test, then enter (ctrl-D)
  9. Then check the content which should be in ~/Maildir/

mutt

sudo apt-get exim4 exim4-deamon-light install mutt install mutt as a cli email to read email: http://www.elho.net/mutt/maildir/

forwarding emails to external machine