The Problem
How can I have a WordPress in my multiuser localhost development Linux (Mint 17) box send out (registration) email as me?
The Background
I have a development box with Linux Mint 17 Qiana installed. The box is configured to host multiple users. Each user can serve up web content from his/her own home directory. (In Apache lingo, mod_userdir module is enabled.)
In this box, I have WordPress set up in my home directory. I want this WordPress to be able to send out email. I don’t want these emails to be sent out as a generic system user. Instead, they should be sent out using my name and my email address. At the same time, and understandably, I don’t want other users to use my email account. So, the configuration needs to be local to my home directory and not global for everyone on the box. Read more