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Mailcatcher installation script for Ubuntu 14.04
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setup_mailcatcher.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Install dependencies
apt-get install libsqlite3-dev ruby1.9.1-dev
# Install the gem
gem install mailcatcher
# Make it start on boot
echo "@reboot $(which mailcatcher) --ip=0.0.0.0" >> /etc/crontab
update-rc.d cron defaults
# Make php use it to send mail
sudo echo "sendmail_path = /usr/bin/env $(which catchmail)" >> /etc/php5/mods-available/mailcatcher.ini
# Notify php mod manager (5.5+)
sudo php5enmod mailcatcher
# Start it now
/usr/bin/env $(which mailcatcher) --ip=0.0.0.0
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loweoj commented Apr 10, 2016

Tried to use this script and had it abort due to confirmation dialog. It might be worth adding a -y option to apt-get here.

@ahmadmayahi
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Appending the sendmail_path to the php.ini is not a good idea at all, you must use sed for replacing it.

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