[K12OSN] Using a remote mail server and letting apache have access to it

[jones yeates]

I've tried the MASQUERADE_AS(`host.domain') before and I tried again and it
still comes up with the server domain name in the from section.  I also
tried making the following changes in sendmail.mc:

- changed:  dnl MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(mydomainalias.com)dnl
  to:         MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(host.domain)dnl
- changed:  dnl FEATURE(masquerade_envelope)dnl
  to:        FEATURE(masquerade_envelope)dnl

The result is still the same.  I can see the server name in the from
address.

I don't know if it matters, but I have the /etc/hosts file where I put the
ip address of the server and the name of the server.  Should that be changed
or removed from that file?

I also tried the mail -s subject -v dest_email at address and the masquerade
name does not show up at all.

I have been doing the make -C /etc/mail every time I make a change.  (Just
in case you thought I forgot to do that.)

Also, I don't know how to get it to trust apache.  I've been doing all of my
tests at the command line.  I still can't mail through apache.

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On 11/2/06, Les Mikesell <les at futuresource.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 18:04, jones yeates wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I apologize if this is the wrong place to be asking this.  I've been
> > searching on the web for answers and I can't seem to find any.  A
> > friend told me about this list serve and thought I'd give it a try.
> >
> > I had php,mysql and apache running on a Windows box last year and I
> > have just changed it to a Linux box this year.  Everything works
> > except for my abiity to send mail that I have generated through my php
> > script.
> >
> > I do not want my Linux server to act as a mail server.  There is one
> > in my school board and I would like to just send mail through there.
> > I noticed that in Linux I have to send it to a program that will
> > re-route the message appropriately.  I was also able to have a
> > different domain name appear in the e-mail's subject section, so that
> > the kids could not track it back to my server.
> >
> > So basically what I would like is:
> > - send e-mails through php/apache
> > - not have the server's domain name appear in the "from" part of the
> > e-mail or even in the subject
> > - have a different domain name appear in the e-mail message
> > - just relay all messages to the school board's mail server
> > - I don't want to use the mail server feature on my server other than
> > to forward e-mails to the school board's mail server
> >
> > I have installed Fedora Core 5
> > - php 5.1.4
> > - mysql 5.0.22
> > - apache 2.2.2
> > - sendmail
> >
> > I have entered:  define('confTRUSTED_USERS','apache'); into the
> > sendmail.mc file and tried to do a make -C /etc/mail and it doesn't
> > seem to work.  If it is working there is a huge delay (for days).
> >
> > I can get mail or mailx to send messages but not through apache.
> >
> > Does anyone know how to set this up?
>
> If you set:
> define(`SMART_HOST',`your.forwarding.server')
> in sendmail.mc it will forward outbound messages through
> the designated server, and
> MASQUERADE_AS(`host.domain')
> will rewrite the headers on outbound mail to the
> specified name.
>
> You should be able to see the messages logged in
> /var/log/maillog - if the web app is handing them to
> sendmail.
>
> --
>   Les Mikesell
>    les at futuresource.com
>
>
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