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