[isf-wifidog] Re: Problems with sending validation emails

Hayden Myers hayden at spinbox.com
Lun 6 Juin 12:20:50 EDT 2005


On Sun, 5 Jun 2005, Alexandre Carmel-Veilleux wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 04:07:33PM -0400, Hayden Myers wrote:
> > 
> > http://www.phpbuilder.com/lists/php-general/2002081/0002.php
> > 
> > I didn't have to make the change on my other auth server.  I'm using the
> > same version of php, yet one is fedora core 1 and the other is 3.
> 
> 	Most probably a configuration issue with PHP. I know I've myself
> given up on php's mail() in my other projects and usually popen() the
> sendmail binary or do raw SMTP for just that reason.
> 
> Alex
> 
It's gotta be a sendmail/php issue, however php was compiled with the same
exact configure options via config.nice.  I think someone already made a
module that does raw snmp.  

I think the php mail function definately sucks.  First of all, you can't
compile php with mail support unless it sees the sendmail binary.  Second
,if you're using anything other than windows, you can't specify a
remote mail server.  I don't like having to run a seperate mail server,
just for validation emails.  the mail function pretty much just opens
popen's the sendmail binary.  Raw smtp support SHOULD be standard in my
opinion.  You lose a lot of flexibility without it.  I'm just grateful the
problem is solved.  





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