[FX.php List] email() Set up: fx.hp, php.ini or OS X Server?

[Joel Shapiro]

Hey Jonathan

Not sure if this is relevant in your situation, but it's a response I  
got when looking to be able to send mail using SMTP authentication.   
It's a class that allows SMTP not just in Windows (and without having  
to install/learn PEAR).  I haven't tried it yet...

> On Jul 31, 2006, at 1:54 PM, Carmen Mercer wrote:
>
>> I am using PHPMAILER, a freely available email class for PHP.
>>
>> http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net/
>>
>> It has support for SMTP authentication.
>>
>> -Carmen
>
> ...
>
> from its site:
> "PHP email transport class featuring multiple file attachments,  
> SMTP servers, CCs, BCCs, HTML messages, and word wrap, and more. It  
> can send email via sendmail, PHP mail(), or with SMTP. Methods are  
> based on the popular AspEmail active server component."
>
> Best,
> -Joel


On Sep 11, 2006, at 11:52 AM, DC wrote:

> nope, smpt option in mail() is only for windows - see the php  
> manual. i meant using an external script like the one in the PERA  
> libraries to do proper multi-platform SMTP. unless of course you  
> are in windows and that's all you care to get working _ i can't say  
> i've used those features of mail() since I don't have a windows  
> server.
>
> dan
>
> On Sep 11, 2006, at 1:42 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:
>
>> I think that that means to use the SMTP option in email(), right?  
>> And I can do that by either setting the variable option at the  
>> time of send , or modifying the php.ini.
>>
>> Is that right?
>>
>> J
>>
>>
>> At 1:24 PM -0400 9/11/06, DC wrote:
>>> I just use SMTP to authenticate outbound emails which puts all  
>>> the right information in the headers.
>>>
>>> I've used the PEAR email class for this, but there are many email  
>>> scripts out there that can show you how to do SMTP sending  
>>> without the overhead of a big old PEAR lib.
>>>
>>> http://pear.php.net/package/Mail
>>>
>>> dan
>>>
>>> On Sep 11, 2006, at 1:05 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:
>>>
>>>> I need to set up mail() to work properly on my server.  It works  
>>>> now, but I know that it is not set up properly, and will  
>>>> probably run afoul of spam filters.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure if this is an fx.php coding issue, a PHP.ini issue  
>>>> or an OS X Server/Apache issue.
>>>>
>>>> This is the header of emails as they arrive today:
>>>>
>>>> Return-Path: <www at localhost.localhost>
>>>> Received: from localhost (66.116.103.150) by exit445.com with  
>>>> ESMTP (Eudora
>>>>  Internet Mail Server X 3.2.4) for <jonathan at exit445.com>;
>>>>  Sun, 27 Aug 2006 06:43:38 -0700
>>>> Received: by localhost (Postfix, from userid 70)
>>>>         id F0670CDA95; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 06:43:37 -0700 (PDT)
>>>> To: jonathan at exit445.com
>>>> Subject: Blah Blah Subject
>>>> From: admin at exit445.com
>>>> Message-Id: <20060827134337.F0670CDA95 at localhost>
>>>> Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 06:43:37 -0700 (PDT)
>>>>
>>>> The environment is as follows:
>>>> OS:             OS X Server 10.4.6
>>>> MailServer      Eudora (EIMS) (Not using OS X mail application)
>>>> DefaultDomain   exit445.com
>>>>
>>>> It looks like I have to define:
>>>>         - local host
>>>>         - return path
>>>>         - userid = 70? That's the ID for root on the OX Server,  
>>>> I think.
>>>>
>>>> Normally, I could work thru this, but with three different  
>>>> places to make changes, I thought I should ask.  I'd like not to  
>>>> upset the production mail server. ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks very much.
>>>>
>>>> Jonathan
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Jonathan Schwartz
>>>> FileMaker 8 Certified  Developer
>>>> Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance
>>>> Schwartz & Company
>>>> jonathan at eschwartz.com
>>>> http://www.eschwartz.com
>>>> http://www.exit445.com
>>>> 415-381-1852
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>>
>> Jonathan Schwartz
>> FileMaker 8 Certified  Developer
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>> Schwartz & Company
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>> http://www.exit445.com
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