Re: Re: mail() function & exchange

Hello, On 06/12/2003 02:32 PM, Diana wrote:

I totally agree with your first sentence *grin*. Anyways, I won`t be able to use your class because my server is kind of "locked" in their network, meaning I don`t have the possibility to connect outside, only to their servers (NT servers). And as Exchange servers don`t use SMTP (meaning the whole protocol is NOT used, so your classes wont help me), Im not able to send mails at all. Only like he offered me to put an extra box in the network which will relay the mails from my linux server.

That will do.

Does anyone know about the way exchange servers work, mapi and mapisend? The only thing I found was how to program that in VB (and being able to talk to Exchange servers), but it seems like this is not possible for my penguin :) (VB on Linux??? sounds stupid)

No, that will not work on Linux because you do not have COM object support, which is a Windows thing. -- Regards, Manuel Lemos >>>just today I stumbled into the same problem. It is >>>true, I got this answer from an expert: >> >>>"Unfortunately this will not work. SMTP relaying >> >>is >> >>>disabled on all the >>>Exchange connector servers and a standard Exchange >>>mailbox server does >>>not >>>support SMTP. The only way that you can send SMTP >>>email from within >>>our company is to use the Internal MailSweeper. >> >>And >> >>>to allow this we need >>>the IP >>>Address of the box that will be sending the >> >>messages >> >>>so that we can >>>include >>>it in the authenticated list. We have to have >> >>things >> >>>set up this way >>>for >>>Security reasons. >>> >>>One other thing I should have mentioned. Outlook >> >>uses >> >>>mapi to send on >>>the >>>Exchange servers. So we can use the mapisend >> >>command >> >>>but I do not know >>>if >>>your application would support this. I think that >>>this may also need a >>>valid Outlook profile to work." >>> >>> >>>I don`t understand that either, because I am >> >>trying to >> >>>use my Linux server (inside my companys network) >> >>to >> >>>deliver mails to the exchange server via sendmail. >> >>>If anyone knows more about this topic, let me >>>know.....sorry that this obviously does not belong >> >>to >> >>>a php list, but I deleted the original email & >> >>could >> >>>not find the email address of the author of this >> >>topic >> >>>:( >> >>I wonder about his expertise. Authentication was >>meant for security reasons. >> >>Anyway, you do no not need to relay in the company >>SMTP server unless >>outside access is blocked in some firewall. >> >>If you are using Linux, you just need to use the >>mail() function because >>it just uses sendmail by default. >> >>If you still have problems, just use the classes >>that I mentioned >>enabling direct delivery mode in the SMTP sending >>attributes. That does >>the same as sendmail but at least if it fails you >>can enable debugging >>to see what the SMTP protocol dialog reveals. >> >> >> >> >>> --- Manuel Lemos <mlemos@acm.org> schrieb: > >> >>Hello, >> >>>>On 06/10/2003 04:44 PM, Matthias Wulkow wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>a friend of mine is trying to set up an automated >>>> >>>>mailing function. >>>> >>>> >>>>>The platform is Windows & he's using the last PHP >>>> >>>>release at this >>>> >>>> >>>>>time. >>>>>He asks me how to do it with Exchange, because it >>>> >>>>doesn't speak SMTP >>>> >>>> >>>>>or not correctly? What is the matter? Is that >>>> >>>>true? But that's not >>>> >>>> >>>>>really the question... could somebody point me to >>>> >>>>some documents where >>>> >>>> >>>>>I could find out, what has to be done to make it >>>> >>>>work? >>>> >>>>I do not see what he means by not speaking SMTP >>>>correctly. Anyway, if it >>>>receives e-mail that you get, it also can relay >>>>messages that you send. >>>>I think in the worst case you need to >> >>authenticate. >> >>>>In that case you may want to try this class for >>>>composing and sending >>>>messages. It comes with a sub class for sending >>>>messages via SMTP that >>>>supports authentication. >>>> >>>>http://www.phpclasses.org/mimemessage >>>> >>>>You also need this class for the actual message >>>>delivery: >>>> >>>>http://www.phpclasses.org/smtpclass -- Regards, Manuel Lemos Free ready to use OOP components written in PHP http://www.phpclasses.org/