Apache question

Michael R Hanulec hanulec at hanulec.com
Fri Nov 2 08:12:50 EST 2001


you could also have the form be processed by a perl script using
Net::SMTP... this might be an easier solution and platform/server
independent in case you decide to move this web site to a machine hosted
by someone other than yourself..

btw dege, how the hell r u doing?

mike

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On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Darin Perusich wrote:

> when apache fires up sendmail it will not be running in server mode,
> it's pretty much the equivalent of using sendmail as a mail agent
> instead of using an MTA.
>
> another sendmail trick i do on hardened servers attached directly to the
> internet is to run sendmail via cron. running sendmail via cron every
> hour or so to clean up anything that's queue'd up. when doing this only
> only give sendmail the "-q", this will only process the queue once.
> 	crontab entry
> 	0 * * * * /usr/lib/sendmail -q
>
> to have your remote SMTP process outgoing mail modify your sendmail.cf
> on the web server to forward all message to the remote.
>
> modify these lines to push ALL mail on your webserver to a remote SMTP
>
> # "Smart" relay host (may be null)
> DSremote_server.$m
>
> # who I send unqualified names to (null means deliver locally)
> DRremote_server.domain.com
>
> #
> # YOU MAY OR MAY NOT WANT TO CHANGE THIS ON
> #
> # who gets all local email traffic ($R has precedence for unqualified
> names)
> DHremote_server.domain.com
>
>
> Robert Dege wrote:
> >
> > I am building a few webpages on my linux server.  Within the web page
> > page, I have it setup to send mail to me via a form.  But when the mail
> > gets sent out, apache uses the local sendmail program.
> >
> > Where do I tell apache to use a remote sendmail server instead of using
> > the localhost as a mailer daemon?  I plan on keeping sendmail inactive,
> > but don't want to break my web forms.
> >
> > Dege
> >
> > Inside some of us is a thin person struggling to get out, but
> > they can usually be sedated with a few pieces of chocolate cake.
>
> --
> Darin Perusich
> Unix Systems Administrator
> Cognigen Corp.
> darinper at cognigencorp.com
>
>



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