A mail server is to deal with programs that can't do mail on their own.
Doesn't the PHP mail function or the PEAR::mail deal with sending mail
without sendmail? Procmail is to sort through mail you as a user receive.
I'm a little confused on whether or not you have a full domain hosted or
are you setting up your own server? Sorry, it's been a long day.
If you are setting up your server to host your own domain, then you can
add the mail receipt in the set up. If you're on a hosted domain do they
provide a control panel like CPanel or similar to receive mail? Or can
you require that users provide off-domain e-mail addresses?
Again, I'm a bit muddled from the day.
Leam
Konstantin K wrote:
Hey guys,
Another kinda off-topic question but could be relevant to some people here
and I know there are a bunch of really smart people on this list, so why
not?
My site will need to be able to email their users upon certain actions, like
most site:
- user registration (for account activation)
- change email address
- forgot password
- alerts
These emails are NOT FOR MARKETING PURPOSES.
IMPORTANT: All emails that need to be sent out will be stored in various
tables in a database from which they will be processed and subsequently
removed.
I think I have only two real options:
1. Run my own my mail servers, using procmail and swiftmailer php package.
2. Use a third-party service to mail my users.
I would prefer #2 since that would mean I wouldn't have to:
- run and manage another box.
- won't have to really worry about configuration/optimization of mail
server.
- won't have to worry about my emails landing in SPAM directory (or will I
still have that problem?)
My question is: what 3rd party services are out there that can do this?
Thanks for any advice and Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Konstantin
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