Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 18:20:17 -0700 From: "Brent Wiese" <brently@bjwcs.com> To: "'Ian Barnes'" <ian@cerebellum.za.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Mail in a Jail Message-ID: <20040113012232.MPNJ27510.fed1mtao02.cox.net@SAMBA> In-Reply-To: <DGEOIPPIAJBPINGMKMGKCEPKDJAA.ian@cerebellum.za.net>
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> 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 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! Brenthome | help
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