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External smtp Server instead of sendmail und Linux/MacOS X?

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 7:21 am
by tylerdurden
Hi all,

I have a problem sending mail from two MacOS X servers. They stopped delivering mails a few days ago. I suspect that that the network they are in was configured to block all smtp traffic due to the latest Sobig worm (now there is only 1 official smtp server left). Now, before I bug the network admin (which I will do anyways), is there a way to force PHP to use an external smtp server? On Windows you have to configure php.ini with the correct server, but on Linux/MacOS X?

Thanks,

Tyler

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 7:47 am
by volka
(afaik) you have to reconfigure your local mta.
I have to admit my knowledge of macs is limited to "You can eject a floppy from your keyboard" ;)
Which mta do you use? (might be sendmail, qmail, postfix ...)

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 11:10 am
by tylerdurden
I'm running sendmail. Please don't tell me there is no other way than messing with sendmail ;-)

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 4:49 am
by tylerdurden
I found a solution:
http://www.elbtec.de/download/sendmail.php4 is a sendmail wrapper written in Perl that sends emails to an external smtp server. Works great. On MacOS X I had to install the latest libnet CPAN module.