On 22 June 2010 11:38, Chris Rowson <christopherrow...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi folks, >>> >>> Just wondering what mail agent you're using on your LAMP setups? I've >>> been revisiting the subject while setting up a new Lucid server and >>> have been a little surprised that there's not much info out there >>> about setting up a simple SMTP server that doesn't receive email but >>> just sends it when PHP tries to use sendmail to send email. >>> >> >> I'd personally look at postfix or qmail as an MTA. qmail can be a bit fiddly >> to set up but is very light and reliable. >> For testing purposes, PEAR::mail doesn't need an MTA at all, but it's >> probably better to set something up so that you're not waiting for the SMTP >> process to complete. >> s/ > > I did try out postfix and sendmail, but noticed that they both ship > listening for mail. I'm guessing that they don't come out of the box > configured to relay mail, but I wondered if there was a simple MTA > that basically sends email but doesn't receive it?
Instal exim! It can easily (you answer a few wizard questions) send mail only Anton -- Anton Piatek email: an...@piatek.co.uk blog/photos: http://www.strangeparty.com pgp: [74B1FA37] (http://www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc) fingerprint: 7401 96D3 E037 2F8F 5965 A358 4046 71FD 74B1 FA37 No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
