Re: sending mails from php

Addressed to: <r_ramkumar@123india.com> php-general@lists.php.net ** Reply to note from <r_ramkumar@123india.com> 20 Jun 2000 23:39:45 -0700 > > hi, i use a linux-apache-php for my webservice. and ms-exchange as > mailserver. i don't have sendmail/qmail installed in my webserver and > don't intend to do so!! from php script, how do i send a mail to say > ram@mailtest.com? can anybody help me on this? preferably with eg. The easy way, Install sendmail from the Linux distribution, with a simple Internet configuration. DO NOT start it as a daemon, so it won't be listening on port25. It will be on the machine, and able to be executed by PHP when it wants to send email, but no one outside of the machine can get to it. Even though I am a Qmail user, this is what I do on my web servers because it is so much easier/smaller than a full Qmail install. The hard way. Find or write a script that knows how to connect to your mail server by opening a connection on port 25, and sending mail. I know there are some around, but they don't use mail(). Rick Widmer Internet Marketing Specialists www.developersdesk.com