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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 04/30/07 20:43
Max wrote:
> I have read the php.net mail manual and am aware of the SMTP MTA
> Windows redirect. The manual reads that php.ini SMTP string can be
> configured for Windows servers only. I am aware of that. What I am
> trying to accomplish is - to make it work in Linux setup.
>
> Here is our scenario:
>
> We have the following setup (I am rewriting the actual values for
> security purposes):
> The mail server's IP is 111.111.111.111 which resolves to
> mail.mysite.com
> The webserver's IP is 222.222.222.222 which is www.mysite.com or
> mysite.com
>
> To prevent increasing SPAM attacks we modified the Mail MX records to
> point to our ISP, which has the SPAM filter installed on their server
> (121.121.121.121). All the SPAM filter does is - it strips sender
> email's domain part and verifying it with sender's IP. If it is a
> match, then ISP's server relying it to our mail server
> (222.222.222.222)
>
> Webserver's sendmail is working properly, but what happens is:
> 111.111.111.111 -> 121.121.121.121 X 222.222.222.222
>
> When the email is originated at 111.111.111.111 - mail.mysite.com
> (using PHP mail() function), the ISP's filter reads the sender email
> address, compares it with IP, arrests the email, replying "You are not
> 222.222.222.222" and tries to bounce it back to 111.111.111.111.
>
> We need to bypass that route for mail originated on the webserver,
> hopefully by rewriting php.ini.
>
Max,
Looks like you need to change the rules on your mail server to accept
(and relay) mail from 111.111.111.111.
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JDS Computer Training Corp.
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