PHP mail as 'nobody'

From: Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 23:32:15 +0000
Subject: PHP mail as 'nobody'
Groups: php.general 
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We have a series of subscribed e-mails that go out to customers, you know "Forgot your password?" type thing. Theses are generated by a PHP process and as such carry PHP/Apache's process ID. The problem is that some of our customers are now blocking mail from user 'nobody', regardless if the account exists or not. I can have PHP write the complete headers but that doesn't stop the 'from' header in Sendmail being written (the true user process). I have two choices as I see it. 1) Use 'masquerade_envelope' feature in Sendmail 2) Change the process name PHP/Apache is running under (ex: change the unprivledged user 'nobody' to 'fantasic-elastic') Has anyone experienced this yet? Any suggestions as to which would be the best solution? I'm leaning towards changing the user of PHP/Apache simply because it doesn't cause a reliance on Sendmail. Thanks, DAve -- Dave Goodrich Director of Interface Development Reality Based Learning Company 9521 NE Willows Road, Suite 100 Redmond, WA 98052 Toll Free 1-877-869-6603 ext. 237 Fax (425) 558-5655 daveg@rblc.com http://www.rblc.com

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