note 32577 added to ref.mail

While working with a system that would send a lot of emails, I wanted to skip the local antivirus program (Amavis with local relay virus check) so that sending the emails won't load the server heavily. Also, I needed to change the "Return-path:" header of the message. This is the solution I came up with: <?php $messg = "Here we put the content of the message."; $sender = "email@example.com"; $sendmail = "/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -f $sender -C /etc/sendmail.orig.cf"; /* Notice that sendmail is receiving three params: -t Scan the To:, Cc:, and Bcc: from the message itself -f <email address> Change the envelope (Return-path:) of the message -C <config path>: Use a different configuration file for sendmail, in this case the config file skips the virus check */ $fd = popen($sendmail, "w"); fputs($fd, "To: recipient@example.com\r\n"); fputs($fd, "From: \"Sender Name\" <$sender>\r\n"); fputs($fd, "Subject: Finally\r\n"); fputs($fd, "X-Mailer: Mailer Name\r\n\r\n"); fputs($fd, $body); pclose($fd); ?> Notice that this script will be called from a cron job as root (sendmail won't let you use a different config file unless you are root). ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php Edit Note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+32577 Delete Note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+32577&report=yes Reject Note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+32577&report=yes