Re: [exim] Using exim4 as a SMTP client to connect to my ISP…

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Autor: Ian Eiloart
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--On 24 September 2007 23:26:20 +0800 Vincent
<mynewsletters@???> wrote:

> Thanks everyone! I guess there was a delay with my SMTP server just now.
> It works now.
>
> My last question is..
>
> Do I need to install sendmail to have exim4 work with PHP?


No. It's a bad idea to use PHP's "mail" functions, for several reasons.

Instead, use phpmailer <http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net/>, which has much
more flexibility - it uses SMTP instead of using the mail server binaries.
Most importantly, you can properly set the SMTP return-path for the email,
which ensures that bounces don't go to your webmaster, but to the
application owner.

> I was wondering if I do not have sendmail installed, what should be in
> my PHP.ini file?
>
> sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i
>
> This is what is in my PHP.ini file at the moment.




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Ian Eiloart
IT Services, University of Sussex
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