MailCatcher is an open-source tool that enables you to catch all the emails sent from your application and displays them in a fake email inbox. This is useful for testing and debugging emails without sending them to real email addresses. If you are using MXLinux Latest and want to install MailCatcher, follow the below steps.
Before installing MailCatcher, we need to install some required dependencies. Open the terminal window and execute the following command to update the package list.
sudo apt update
Then, execute the following command to install the dependencies.
sudo apt instal ruby-dev libsqlite3-dev
To install MailCatcher, execute the below command in the terminal window.
sudo gem install mailcatcher
This command will install MailCatcher system-wide.
After installation, you can start MailCatcher by running the below command in the terminal window.
mailcatcher
This command will start MailCatcher on the default port 1080. You can access the MailCatcher web interface by opening a web browser and navigating to http://127.0.0.1:1080.
You can now use MailCatcher to catch any emails sent from your applications. Configure your application to use MailCatcher as the SMTP server, and all outgoing emails will be displayed in the MailCatcher web interface.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed MailCatcher on MXLinux Latest.
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