[ubuntu-uk] Email for LAMP setup

[Anton Piatek]

On 22 June 2010 01:33, ian pettitt (RRes-BB) <ian.pettitt at bbsrc.ac.uk> wrote:
> On 22 Jun 2010, at 00:19, "Jonathon Fernyhough" <j.fernyhough at gmail.com<mailto:j.fernyhough at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> It should be (fairly easily) possible to configure PHP to send via an existing SMTP server, so you don't have to worry about setting up a full MTA.
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> Otherwise Postfix does a pretty good job, IIRC.
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> Jonathon
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> (apologies for TP, via Android Gmail)
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> On 21 Jun 2010 22:47, "Chris Rowson" <<mailto:christopherrowson at gmail.com>christopherrowson at gmail.com<mailto:christopherrowson at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> Hi folks,
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> Just wondering what mail agent you're using on your LAMP setups? I've
> been revisiting the subject while setting up a new Lucid server and
> have been a little surprised that there's not much info out there
> about setting up a simple SMTP server that doesn't receive email but
> just sends it when PHP tries to use sendmail to send email.
>
> Chris
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> I use postfix configured as a satellite system, so all mail is handled by another machine - my companies mail server.
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> The setup is pretty straight forward, install and configure postfix and forward all mail from root etc through the this. Php mail will then work using this default system.  I have a complete setup notes, but they are at work and I can't get them until weds, if you can wait until then I can email them to you.
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> Some of the php smtp settings are applicable to windows only, so check the php manual to save time trying to set things in php.ini that won't work on ubuntu - something I have done in the past.

I have always found exim trivial to set up on Ubuntu (and Debian)
boxes, so you might want to consider it.
I understand postfix and sendmail are more powerful and do better
throughput, but unless you are running a mail server for a company
exim will work fine

If you have an mta configured then I think php just works to send
mail, though it has been a while so can't remember

Anton
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