Configure system email service

[voodoorai2000]

What

Configure the installer to use sendmail instead of SMTP by default or configure postfix so the server can send emails automatically.

Alternatively, we could configure postfix on the server during the installation process.

Why

Until we configure delayed job properly, we're getting a nasty 500 error when trying to send emails using the installer's default SMTP settings.

[afeld]

I suggest keeping the sending in Ruby and instead do the sending in the background, as brought up in consuldemocracy/docs#54.

[voodoorai2000]

Hey @afeld,

Yes, sending in the background should take care of the 500 error.

I was hoping we could configure a standard email delivery system so that users could receive email right after running the installer, without further configuration.

I thought sendmail could help us here. There is a configuration option for sending emails with sendmail for a Rails app, but I was running into problems setting it up in Digital Ocean.

Do you know of a way for email delivery to work right off the bat after running the installer? 🤔

[afeld]

What's the purpose of sending the email after installation? That strikes me as being more trouble than it might be worth.

[voodoorai2000]

The main purposes would be to have the Installer setup all the basics up for you to get going at least for internal demo purposes.

Email delivery has been something difficult to setup for many users. Having a configuration that would allow users to for example, Register to the app and receive the confirmation email after running the installer, would be very helpful.