Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 11:35:22 +0100 From: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> To: Brent Wiese <brently@bjwcs.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mail in a Jail Message-ID: <20040113103522.GA57681@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <20040113012232.MPNJ27510.fed1mtao02.cox.net@SAMBA> References: <DGEOIPPIAJBPINGMKMGKCEPKDJAA.ian@cerebellum.za.net> <20040113012232.MPNJ27510.fed1mtao02.cox.net@SAMBA>
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On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 06:20:17PM -0700, Brent Wiese typed: > > Hi, > > > > I run my web sites from a jail. The time has come that i now > > need to send an > > email from one of those sites using the mail() function in php. > > > > I would like to know, what files do i need to be able to send > > mail from the > > jail using the mail command. The box is using sendmail as its > > mta, and is > > running 4.9 release. This configuration (sendmail + php in a jail) should work out-of-the-box. It does on all our servers (4.8 - 5.2). What kind of problems are you experiencing? Ruben > This plagued me too. I found a very easy solution: esmtp in the ports. > > A few catches: > > 1: You need an external SMTP server that will relay the mail for you. I was > unable to get it to talk to the main host's SMTP, probably a "feature" of > jailing... Luckily, I have another box on the LAN who's sole purpose is to > relay mail for machines on the LAN. > > 2: After you install esmtp, change your sendmail links (/usr/sbin/sendmail > at least I think) to point at it. > > 3: If you compiled PHP w/ a non-existent sendmail, you have to recompile. > It's a little confusing, but if you dig far enough in the docs, mail() will > not compile if sendmail doesn't exist (it tests). > > Enjoy! > Brent > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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