[SOLVED]Mail Server and Drupal/Gallery2

I set up this server, that's got a webpage running Drupal with Menalto Gallery2 running.  I've discovered that whenever a new user tries to register with either, no email is sent, and with Gallery2 an error message comes up.  So I figure I need a mail server so that Drupal and Gallery2 can send these emails to users trying to register, I don't need it for anything else.  While I've seen a number of guides on the wiki on how to set up Hula, Postfix, and Courier, but I really don't know what it is that I need to meet my needs.

You'll have to forgive me for not being fully versed in this, but I configured /etc/postfix/main.cf by setting relayhost and mynetworks like you said.  I didn't find anything like a permit_mynetworks option though.
What's interesting is that while Menalto Gallery2 used to give me an error message whenever I tried to register a user with the email authentication enabled, it now says that it is sending the email, yet no email gets delivered.
Also, when you say install postfix, am I supposed to just pacman it, or am I supposed to do everything it says in the wiki also?

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