# Install and configure Sendmail on Ubuntu

This should help you get Sendmail installed with basic configuration on Ubuntu.

1. If sendmail isn't installed, install it: `sudo apt-get install sendmail`
2. Configure `/etc/hosts` file: `nano /etc/hosts` 
3. Make sure the line looks like this: `127.0.0.1    localhost yourhostname`
4. Run Sendmail's config and answer 'Y' to everything: `sudo sendmailconfig`
5. Restart apache `sudo service apache2 restart`