[ubuntu-uk] Email for LAMP setup

[Jon Spriggs]

http://jon.sprig.gs/blog/2009/11/29/use-gmails-smtp-gateway-using-the-command-line-from-ubuntu-without-lots-of-config-tips/

This will relay SMTP via GMail. There's no reason why you can't just
set the same thing up to relay to your ISP's mail host (without the
SSL stuff).
-- 
Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Chris Rowson
<christopherrowson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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
>
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