Re: I want to use a mailer other than sendmail

Thank you, Rasmus. I am going to try your way right away...... Alex > Alex, the real answer is to just turn your sendmail into a SMTP > passthrough. It is dead simple to do. Locate your sendmail.cf file. > (Yeah, I can already hear the screams of anguish, but this file isn't > actually all that bad) > > Now find the line that starts with "DS" and change it so it says: > > DSmail.mindspring.com > > for example. > > Then restart your sendmail. And now hocus-pocus-presto-shazzam, your > sendmail suddenly works great for all your apps, not just PHP. > > -Rasmus > > On Fri, 3 May 2002, John Holmes wrote: > > > >From php.ini: > > > > [mail function] > > SMTP = localhost ;for > > win32 only > > sendmail_from = me@localhost.com ;for win32 only > > ;sendmail_path = > > > > Enter the name of your SMTP server on the first line, instead of > > localhost. If you use mindspring, for example, you would put > > mail.mindspring.com instead of localhost. > > > > ---John Holmes... > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Alex Shi [mailto:chpshi@eol.ca] > > > Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 6:52 PM > > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > > Subject: [PHP] I want to use a mailer other than sendmail > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am using PHP 4.0.4pl1 on RH 7.0. I know PHP uses sendmail > > > as it's default mailer. However on my system sendmail has never > > > been working well. So I am thinking that if it is possible to > > > configure php to use my ISP's SMTP server instead of using > > > the sendmail. Any one can help me out how to do this? > > > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > Alex > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > >