Posted by Tom on 11/08/07 18:43

On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 08:28:42 +0100, David Griffiths wrote...
>
>Hi All
>
>I am running apache 2.2.6-1.fc7.
>
>I am now writing a site that will require the sending of forms by php
>mail().
>What is the minimum I need to configure on my apache development server to
>allow me to do this. I do not need a full corporate mail system, just
>allowing the website forms to use php mail() on the testing server, I know
>the host server will allow the use of mail().
>
>Maybe this is the wrong group to ask this question but I'm sure I'm not the
>first to want this minimum configuration.
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Dave.
>

I think you just need to have access to sendmail, or have another mail program
(like postfix or qmail) setup correctly for the mail() function. I believe you
would use "localhost" for the server address so I wouldn't think you need any
special settings in sendmail

Tom
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