Modifying php.ini to enable mail

[ChrisRChamberlain]

Hi all

Have built a LAMP server, Ubuntu 9.04, and wish to enable the use of a third party SMTP server, such as mail.myserver.com.

There is no mail server installed on the Linux box.

Under WAMP, if I remember correctly, the section required modification in php.ini is

[mail function]
; ForWin32 only
SMTP = localhost
smtp_port = 25

; ForWin32 only
;sendmail_from = me@example.com

; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as (default: "sendmail -t -i").
;sendmail_path =

The code

sendmail_path =

would indicate the use of a linux mail server, and if so, which?

If not, is it possible to utilise a third party mail server directly and how?

TIA

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Chris
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[jpadie]

if you don't have sendmail installed on your linux box (very odd) then you can use phpMailer (it comes with a pre-coded SMTP class). this would seem the easiest solution if you are not otherwise experienced in *nix

if you want to use the basic mail() functions within php then, for linux installs, you will need sendmail (or some other MTA with sendmail hooks) installed. it's odds on that sendmail is already installed as part of the default distro though, so you might try setting the sendmail path as follows

sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail -i -t

and remember to reboot your webserver after making this change.
also remember to set the FROM header in your mail() command (and terminate with \r\n).

 

[ChrisRChamberlain]

jpadie

Thanks for your reply.

During the Ubuntu installation process, the mail server option was not checked, in the expectation that a mail server would not be required to access a third party SMTP server.

Will install phpMailer and take it from there.

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Chris
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