Apache 1.3 webserver email

housemusic42 · 12-16-2005, 06:56 PM

greetings,

I'm using a LAMP arch and invoking php and curl to send out email messages automatically.

Now, apache@webserver.xyz.com is the return-path. Is there a way to change that address? I've checked httpd conf and didnt' see anything and read something on apache.org about having to recomplie from source <eek!>, but i figure there's got to be a way to change the return-path information. Anyone have any ideas? I've posted example for the confused.

Code:

by webserver.xyz.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id jBGJK6s30072;
Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:20:06 -0600
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:20:06 -0600
Message-Id: <200512161920.jBGJK6s30072@webserver.xyz.com>
To: user@internet.net
Subject: Enrollment Confirmation
From: Email@email.net

thanks for your help.

housemusic42 · 12-17-2005, 12:33 PM

i've answered this, and thought i'd post a follow up for anyone interested.

using the PHP mail command, you use some additional header options making calls out to sendmail:

Quote:

additional_parameters (optional)

The additional_parameters parameter can be used to pass an additional parameter to the program configured to use when sending mail using the sendmail_path configuration setting. For example, this can be used to set the envelope sender address when using sendmail with the -f sendmail option.

The user that the webserver runs as should be added as a trusted user to the sendmail configuration to prevent a 'X-Warning' header from being added to the message when the envelope sender (-f) is set using this method. For sendmail users, this file is /etc/mail/trusted-users.

then write your sciprt:

Quote:

<?php
mail('nobody@example.com', 'the subject', 'the message', null,
'-fwebmaster@example.com');
?>

and like magic it's there. yay! \o/