Apache question

[Darin Perusich]

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