On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 9:21 PM, Glen Mazza <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, I'd like to install Apache Roller on an Ubuntu Linux desktop machine > running Tomcat just to experiment with it. I'd like to enable the emailing > feature, where bloggers get an email whenever people leave comments. The > Roller installation guide is a little vague in this area: Is there a > special mail server I will need to install (Apache James I guess?) to get > Roller to send emails or is the emailing capability already built into > Roller once I install the activation and mail jars in Tomcat?
No special mail server is needed. Take a look at Install guide 7.1 and 12.2 for details on how to configure mail using either a "properties" or "jndi" approach. - Dave
