Use external SMTP server (like google apps) to send email

[IanReardon]

Is it possible to configure an external SMTP server to route all of
your outgoing mail through on Linux?

I know in php.ini there is a parameter, but it says its only for
windows? Can I do this on Linux?

[Jerry Stuckle]

Ia********@gmail.com wrote:

Is it possible to configure an external SMTP server to route all of
your outgoing mail through on Linux?

I know in php.ini there is a parameter, but it says its only for
windows? Can I do this on Linux?

Yes, but that has to be done by your MTA. The Windows parameter is only
to connect to an external MTA.

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[Manuel Lemos]

Hello,

on 01/10/2008 12:28 AM Ia********@gmail.com said the following:

Is it possible to configure an external SMTP server to route all of
your outgoing mail through on Linux?

I know in php.ini there is a parameter, but it says its only for
windows? Can I do this on Linux?

Gmail SMTP server requires establishing TLS secure connections to port
995, which is something the mail function does not support.

You can try using the smtp_mail() function which is a replacement for
the mail() function that can be configured to route messages via the
Gmail SMTP server:

http://www.phpclasses.org/mimemessage

You also need this other class to deliver the messages

http://www.phpclasses.org/smtpclass

and this for authenticating:

http://www.phpclasses.org/sasl
Regards,
Manuel Lemos

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[NC]

On Jan 9, 6:28 pm, [e-mail] wrote:

>
Is it possible to configure an external SMTP server
to route all of your outgoing mail through on Linux?

Not exactly, but you can always use an SMTP client library; take a
look at phpMailer:

http://phpMailer.sf.net/

Cheers,
NC