+++ Philip S Tellis [linux-india] <21/02/02 00:50 +0530>:
> Sometime on Feb 20, sanjay assembled some asciibets to say:
> > I have a script(Perl/PHP) which sends email from the web(apache web
> > server on linux). The problem is the header of the message contains
> > "Return-path" and "Sender" email address as the
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and so all the bounced messages goes
> > to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> The return path is set to be equal to the user who starts sendmail - if
> you use the sendmail command interface. If you use smtp, then you set
> the return-path when you use the MAIL FROM: address command.
> In short, use SMTP instead of sendmail -t
Good idea - but VERY inefficient - especially if you send out large amounts
of mail. Batched smtp transactions ...
See my answer. His approach is correct EXCEPT he's using exim where only
trusted users are allowed to invoke sendmail -f
-srs
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