HELP! When testing a contact form?

Installing a server like postfix is a lot of trouble if all you want to do is test email. Try using something like Mandrill instead.

Or you can try using SSMTP

• http://www.volcanic.co.uk/ruby-on-rails/2011/11/ssmtp-external-smtp-servers/
• http://www.nixtutor.com/linux/send-mail-with-gmail-and-ssmtp/

Yes, as far as I know you can not test a contact form from a local server (ie a computer). If you put your file(s) that process and send the email on your live server, and make sure your form submits to those files even if the site files are still locally on your computer, the email should send.

An example of this would be if you were developing a wordpress site locally, and was using a plugin for a form like Contact Form 7, even though your site is still local, testing the form works and you'll get an email because it's using a live email server.

I know there is a way to setup emails on your local server in the console. I believe the commands are:

sudo postfix start

mail

sudo postfix flush

sudo postsuper -d AL

Note: That last one might be sudo postsuper -d ALL.