Galaxy server and email

Question: Galaxy server and email

2.9 years ago by

Ann • 0

Ann • 0 wrote:

Hi,

I setup the Galaxy server locally on an Ubuntu system. However, it is not able to send emails, ie. the reset link to a forgotten password. I have postfix setup on the system, therefore I am not sure what the issue might be. Any guidance would be helpful.

Thanks

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modified 2.9 years ago by Nate Coraor ♦ 3.2k • written 2.9 years ago by Ann • 0

Were you ever able to send email or is this the first testing of that feature on your local? Tutorial

What Galaxy distribution are you tracking? 15.10 ? Update if using an earlier version. (16.01 is coming soon)

Other production set up is complete and functional? (Database migration?)

Thanks! Jen, Galaxy team

ADD REPLY • link written 2.9 years ago by Jennifer Hillman Jackson ♦ 25k

Jennifer,

Thanks for the reply. This was the first testing of the feature. I wanted to see if Galaxy would send emails. So I tested if it would send a password reset email. It did not work.

I am using the newest version of Galaxy (15.10). I did setup database with postgres.

Let me know if you any further information so that it would be easier to help. I can send you the galaxy.ini file.

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2.9 years ago by

Nate Coraor ♦ 3.2k

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Nate Coraor ♦ 3.2k wrote:

It's not necessary to run a local mail system to deliver Galaxy's emails. You should set `smtp_server` in `galaxy.ini` to the name/address of an SMTP server which can relay mail for your system. If no such SMTP server is available at your site, you can use the Galaxy server as a mail server (and in that case `smtp_server` should be set to the hostname of the Galaxy server, or `localhost`) but running your own mail server comes with a host of issues. Setting up a mail server is outside the scope of the Galaxy project.

ADD COMMENT • link written 2.9 years ago by Nate Coraor ♦ 3.2k

Nate,

Thanks for the reply. I tried setting the smtp_server value to both localhost and the hostname. Unfortunately, it did not work. Is there any other suggestions you can provide.

ADD REPLY • link written 2.9 years ago by Ann • 0

That's probably because you don't have a SMTP server configured at "localhost". Speak to your IT people, your network probably has a SMTP relay you can use.

Otherwise, as Nate said, setting up an email server is outside the scope of this project, however, Googling "sendmail" or "postfix" should get you going.

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