[ubuntu-uk] Email for LAMP setup

[Chris Rowson]

>>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> 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.
>>
>
> I'd personally look at postfix or qmail as an MTA. qmail can be a bit fiddly
> to set up but is very light and reliable.
> For testing purposes, PEAR::mail doesn't need an MTA at all, but it's
> probably better to set something up so that you're not waiting for the SMTP
> process to complete.
> s/

I did try out postfix and sendmail, but noticed that they both ship
listening for mail. I'm guessing that they don't come out of the box
configured to relay mail, but I wondered if there was a simple MTA
that basically sends email but doesn't receive it?

Cheers,

Chris