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i guess my only question is about the mail(); function.... in the php.ini for win32 i had to set my smtp server to my roadrunner server (smtp.nycap.rr.com) however there doesnt seem the be a place for this for "unix"... how do i setup the outgoing server address for the mail function?
Short answer: mail() uses sendmail. The setup you used before utilized Win32 specific commands. You need to configure Sendmail properly. May mean setting up a smart_host.
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Originally Posted by scrupul0us
--ive got a legal pad 3 pages deep with notes since i started this box--
shilo: i know how to use mail(); im asking how to properly configure linux such that it will send the mail corectly over my ISP's server.... actually... ideally setting up my own mail server would be cool but ive never done that on any OS so that would be a completely new endevour for me
shilo: i know how to use mail(); im asking how to properly configure linux such that it will send the mail corectly over my ISP's server.... actually... ideally setting up my own mail server would be cool but ive never done that on any OS so that would be a completely new endevour for me
From the page I linked, you will see this:
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Note that there is a big difference between the behavior of this function on Windows systems vs. UNIX systems. On Windows it delivers directly to an SMTP server, while on a UNIX system it uses a local command to hand off to the system's own MTA.
I don't see a way around this. Maybe FormMail (perl script) can be used instead.
You can see my post at the top, but I think that an even better expalianation is given by SeigeX. Search the forum for his article on Sendmail. Read both and you should get it. It's too long to give you a step by step as you do it.
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