Posted by Rik on 04/28/07 15:49

Michael Vilain wrote:
> In article <1177680745.238934.146880@s33g2000prh.googlegroups.com>,
> Max <MaximGolyuk@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have a question related to this post:
>>
>> We are using 2 different Linux based servers: one for web (PHP, MySQL)
>> and another for the mail (Qmail, SquirrelMail e.t.c.). Our webserver
>> is co-located and mail server is installed here. For the PHP mail()
>> function to be able to use the mail server, I modified php.ini for
>> SMTP to pointi to the mail server' IP. Yet it still uses web server's
>> sendmail as SMTP MTA.
>>
>> Please help
>
> That's not how UNIX email works. AFAIK, php.ini tells php where the
> local mail transport agent (MTA) is located. php uses this to spawn a
> thread or perhaps even fork() a process to deliver the mail to the MTA.
> There's no provision to use "remote" MTAs.
>
> You'll have to configure the local MTA on the web server to forward the
> mail to the mail server if you want mail delivered.

Nonsense. PHP can just as easily use a third party SMTP server, as long
as it's configured properly, see Jerry's reply.

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Rik Wasmus

Estimated date being able to walk again: 01-05-2007.
Less then a week, hurray!

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