Etherpad email is not working

If you have problems with emails not coming from your etherpad deployment try adding the line

smtpServer = localhost:25

to

/usr/local/etherpad/trunk/etherpad/etc/etherpad.localdev-default.properties

and restarting the etherpad daemon

# then

telnet localhost 25

if you get a Connect message then good times, if not, install an MTA such as postfix. By default my box had exim4 on so I did

apt-get remove exim4

# then

apt-get install postfix

Cause I prefer postfix :)