Re: Email configuration

On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 16:30 +0200, Thodoris wrote: > > 2009/2/6 Thodoris <tgol@kinetix.gr>: > > > >> 2009/2/5 Thodoris <tgol@kinetix.gr>: > >> > >> > >> I think that the OP mentioned the word fedora somewhere above... > >> > >> > >> > >> Oh sorry, I'm so stupid... Anyways, if you want to send mail to large > >> providers you'll need to use a relay. I found a nice tutorial about > >> how to set it up with google apps. > >> It was for Ubuntu but you just have to install msmtp and follow the other > >> steps. > >> Here it is: > >> http://nanotux.com/blog/the-ultimate-server/4/#l-mail > >> I did it on my little gentoo server here at home and it works great. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Well if I am not getting what you say in the wrong way I should say that you > >> don't need to use a relay because you don't need a > mail server at all. > >> The point is that PHP can send mail with the mail() function using a local > >> mail client like sendmail's client part or something coded in pure PHP. > >> > >> Keep in mind that you don't need to have a mail server in your PC in order > >> to send mail. Similarly PHP doesn't need to have a local mail server in > >> order to send mail. > >> > >> So you don't need extra mail configuration assuming of course that you don't > >> need to do something extreme. You just use mail() and the mail gets sent. > >> > >> -- > >> Thodoris > >> > > > > > > Of course he can send mails this way, but they won't be accepted by > > many mail providers because of their anti-spam measurments. > > They bounce mails that come from dynamic ip ranges like his home > > server. I just wanted to help him avoid this because you won't see the > > reason until you look at the syslog. > > > > > > > > > > I am sorry didn't get right what you meant after all. > > In that case a simple mail() won't do. > I've never had an email bounced because of where it came from based on IP. I have had emails bounced based on the email headers that were sent. Always check the headers first. Even MessageLabs won't block an email based on the IP. Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk