Seon VMware virtualized image - mail configuration

The Seonvirtual Linux environment comes with a pre-installed Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) called "Exim" in version 4. You can configure Exim4 to your needs in order to send emails within your system environment.

Basics

Exim4 is best configured on command line (i.e. via SSH) via a dialog based system. This system easily helps you to accomplish your configuration task.

The command to be executed as root is:

dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config

The following informational prompt asks you to confirm the "OK" button:

Direct mail sending - without mail relay

If you can send emails directly via SMTP (i.e. your Seon machine has direct internet access), you can choose this option:

Mail sending over SMTP relay (aka. "smarthost")

If your network provides an existing mail server, this option would be the best one: