[PHP] PHP sendmail proxy (using xinetd)
I'm trying to write a sendmail proxy in PHP: people would connect to my proxy running on port 25 (via xinetd), and the proxy would connect to sendmail (tweaked to run on port 26). Currently, the proxy is 100% transparent, but I plan to tweak it to intercept sendmail's replies and substitute its own. My ultimate goal is to implement sender-recipient-based greylisting (not IP-based greylisting, which can be done without a proxy). My problem: the proxy works fine when I test it, but seems to cutoff some clients. I send the clients a message accepted for delivery message and close the connection, but the client thinks it's been cutoff and tries to deliver the mail again a little later (ironically, this is the behavior I'll want when I start greylisting, but not now!). This happens w/ legitimate ISP SMTP clients, not just spammers. I suspect I'm doing something wrong with buffering or flushing. I made both STDIN and the socket connection (to port 26, where sendmail's running for real) nonblocking, since it's hardish to tell which one's going to speak next. Is there any generic proxy code I could use? An existing PHP sendmail proxy would be even better. Note: I realize that using a proxy means that *all* sendmail connections appear to come from localhost, which is dangerous. Once in production, my proxy will handle this situation by using xinetd's REMOTE_HOST environment variable. -- We're just a Bunch Of Regular Guys, a collective group that's trying to understand and assimilate technology. We feel that resistance to new ideas and technology is unwise and ultimately futile. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] php/sendmail/apache/linux...
hey... I'm sure the question has been answered a 1000 times!!! I'm trying to create a simple app to send email via PHP, using the mail function. I'm using RedHat(Linux 8.0 , Sendmail), PHP(4.2.2), Apache (2.0.40). I'm using the following piece of code: === //test mail $to = [EMAIL PROTECTED]; $subject = savannah registration; $message = testing mail; $reply = From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]\r\n .Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]\r\n; echo to = . $to . br; echo subject = . $subject . br; echo msg = . $message . br; echo reply = . $reply . br; $q1 = mail($to, $subject, $message, $reply); echo return val = . $q1 . br; === Pretty simple eh... The problem that I have is that the mail doesn't appear to get sent. When I look in the /var/spool/clientmqueue directory, I see a great deal of what look to be error msgs They appear to be telling me that the mail couldn't be delivered, but I can't tell why I was able to successfully send a test msg via Sendmail from the command line by telnet. So I know the Sendmail engine/daemon seems to be performing... The PHP.ini file appears to be setup correctly, with the sendmail_path pointing to sendamil. Any ideas as to what I need to do, or should be checking Any pointers/assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks -Bruce [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] PHP sendmail configuration
The problem you are having took me a while to grasp. Basically, what happens is that sendmail sends the mail as the user php/apache was installed as (usually nobody@ or apache@ yourdomain.com). Setting the Return-Path does not work, as you cannot override the Return-Path set by the server in this way, that's why messages bounce to your root account when sent with a php mail() function. If you only host one domain on a server, you can fix this by editing the sendmail.cf file and setting the Return-Path: to something more meaningful: However, most people don't have the luxury of having a one domain hosting solution. Your only other option is to invoke sendmail with the -f switch: sendmail -f sender@address recipient@address file_containing_message This forces a from: address, but it also produces a warning to the recipient that the message headers might be forged, but return mails and replies are directed to the address specified. Only problem with all this is that you need to do one of 2 things: a) use of PHP's system commands eg. $mail = `echo -e Subject: Subject here\n\n Message here | /usr/sbin/sendmail -f $your_address $recipient_address`; OR b) use a PERL script to do it. I am currently looking at both, and it seems at this stage that the PERL script will be the better option, specially if you need to mail to alot of people. You need to issue the sendmail in a loop, and for load balancing, it's best to put a sleep() inside the loop; even if you only make this a sleep(1) (sleep for 1 sec), PHP will timeout after only 30 recipients unless you override the default timeout setting for php scripts. On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 03:09, Peter Houchin wrote: richard check your php.ini the mail stuff in there .. it's most likely using the address either there or ur web server config file -Original Message- From: Richard Baskett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 7 January 2003 10:49 AM To: PHP General Subject: [PHP] PHP sendmail configuration Ok I know it's off topic, but I've been working on this for over 5 hours now and I almost have it configured, but something is definitely wrong! Basically I can send email using sendmail by this command: echo Just a test | mail -s test [EMAIL PROTECTED] Now [EMAIL PROTECTED] receives the email, but the From address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I have no idea where it is getting that address from! Does anyone know how I can change that from address? And what would stop the above command from delivering to certain valid email addresses? This is definitely causing problems with my php server also when trying to send emails... Rick Only a life lived for others is worth living. - Albert Einstein -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] PHP sendmail configuration
Ok I know it's off topic, but I've been working on this for over 5 hours now and I almost have it configured, but something is definitely wrong! Basically I can send email using sendmail by this command: echo Just a test | mail -s test [EMAIL PROTECTED] Now [EMAIL PROTECTED] receives the email, but the From address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I have no idea where it is getting that address from! Does anyone know how I can change that from address? And what would stop the above command from delivering to certain valid email addresses? This is definitely causing problems with my php server also when trying to send emails... Rick Only a life lived for others is worth living. - Albert Einstein -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] PHP sendmail configuration
richard check your php.ini the mail stuff in there .. it's most likely using the address either there or ur web server config file -Original Message- From: Richard Baskett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 7 January 2003 10:49 AM To: PHP General Subject: [PHP] PHP sendmail configuration Ok I know it's off topic, but I've been working on this for over 5 hours now and I almost have it configured, but something is definitely wrong! Basically I can send email using sendmail by this command: echo Just a test | mail -s test [EMAIL PROTECTED] Now [EMAIL PROTECTED] receives the email, but the From address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I have no idea where it is getting that address from! Does anyone know how I can change that from address? And what would stop the above command from delivering to certain valid email addresses? This is definitely causing problems with my php server also when trying to send emails... Rick Only a life lived for others is worth living. - Albert Einstein -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] PHP/Sendmail interaction : how to get rid of wrong emails
Hi all I'm facing the Problem that lots of my users are too stupid to write their email correct. When i mail them with php a return email is send to me by their mailserver, which results in LOTS of mail for the root account. Can i get sendmail to put the returned emails in a file? so that i can check that file with php and delete those mails from my DB ? or is there a way to check the email when they enter it in a form (online versus their mailserver)? i already check for wrong email syntax, but that does not solve the problem... Sebastian -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [PHP] PHP/Sendmail interaction : how to get rid of wrong emails
Well on submission of the email you could try contacting their mail server and pretend to a have a mail for them using SMTP. If you get a recipient ok or similar message.. ,thre is a code for it, then at least the server accepts mail for that address. You might be better off croning this rather than have the user wait on a http request. Alternatively there is a perl mod that does this as well. Secondly you could write a script that downloads the mail from root and deletes out the database anything that bounces. You could even delete these messages from the root account once done HTH Regards Jon -- Jon Farmer տլ Systems Programmer, Entanet www.enta.net Tel +44 (0)1952 428969 Mob +44 (0)7968 524175 PGP Key available, send blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Sebastian Stadtlich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 28 August 2001 15:08 To: 'Php-General (E-Mail) Subject: [PHP] PHP/Sendmail interaction : how to get rid of wrong emails Hi all I'm facing the Problem that lots of my users are too stupid to write their email correct. When i mail them with php a return email is send to me by their mailserver, which results in LOTS of mail for the root account. Can i get sendmail to put the returned emails in a file? so that i can check that file with php and delete those mails from my DB ? or is there a way to check the email when they enter it in a form (online versus their mailserver)? i already check for wrong email syntax, but that does not solve the problem... Sebastian -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
AW: [PHP] PHP/Sendmail interaction : how to get rid of wrong emails
any hint where to find the perl mod or some php-code that contacts mailservers like you described? -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Jon Farmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet: Dienstag, 28. August 2001 16:14 An: Sebastian Stadtlich; 'Php-General (E-Mail) Betreff: RE: [PHP] PHP/Sendmail interaction : how to get rid of wrong emails Well on submission of the email you could try contacting their mail server and pretend to a have a mail for them using SMTP. If you get a recipient ok or similar message.. ,thre is a code for it, then at least the server accepts mail for that address. You might be better off croning this rather than have the user wait on a http request. Alternatively there is a perl mod that does this as well. Secondly you could write a script that downloads the mail from root and deletes out the database anything that bounces. You could even delete these messages from the root account once done HTH Regards Jon -- Jon Farmer Õ¿Õ¬ Systems Programmer, Entanet www.enta.net Tel +44 (0)1952 428969 Mob +44 (0)7968 524175 PGP Key available, send blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Sebastian Stadtlich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 28 August 2001 15:08 To: 'Php-General (E-Mail) Subject: [PHP] PHP/Sendmail interaction : how to get rid of wrong emails Hi all I'm facing the Problem that lots of my users are too stupid to write their email correct. When i mail them with php a return email is send to me by their mailserver, which results in LOTS of mail for the root account. Can i get sendmail to put the returned emails in a file? so that i can check that file with php and delete those mails from my DB ? or is there a way to check the email when they enter it in a form (online versus their mailserver)? i already check for wrong email syntax, but that does not solve the problem... Sebastian -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [PHP] PHP/Sendmail interaction : how to get rid of wrong emails
For perl look at http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-category/19_Mail_and_Usenet_News/Mail/Mail-Ch eckUser-1.02.readme As for php you would need to open a socket connection.. My advice would be to use the perl module and call a perl script from php. Regards Jon -- Jon Farmer Õ¿Õ¬ Systems Programmer, Entanet www.enta.net Tel +44 (0)1952 428969 Mob +44 (0)7968 524175 PGP Key available, send blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Sebastian Stadtlich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 28 August 2001 15:26 To: 'Php-General (E-Mail) Subject: AW: [PHP] PHP/Sendmail interaction : how to get rid of wrong emails any hint where to find the perl mod or some php-code that contacts mailservers like you described? -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Jon Farmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet: Dienstag, 28. August 2001 16:14 An: Sebastian Stadtlich; 'Php-General (E-Mail) Betreff: RE: [PHP] PHP/Sendmail interaction : how to get rid of wrong emails Well on submission of the email you could try contacting their mail server and pretend to a have a mail for them using SMTP. If you get a recipient ok or similar message.. ,thre is a code for it, then at least the server accepts mail for that address. You might be better off croning this rather than have the user wait on a http request. Alternatively there is a perl mod that does this as well. Secondly you could write a script that downloads the mail from root and deletes out the database anything that bounces. You could even delete these messages from the root account once done HTH Regards Jon -- Jon Farmer Õ¿Õ¬ Systems Programmer, Entanet www.enta.net Tel +44 (0)1952 428969 Mob +44 (0)7968 524175 PGP Key available, send blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Sebastian Stadtlich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 28 August 2001 15:08 To: 'Php-General (E-Mail) Subject: [PHP] PHP/Sendmail interaction : how to get rid of wrong emails Hi all I'm facing the Problem that lots of my users are too stupid to write their email correct. When i mail them with php a return email is send to me by their mailserver, which results in LOTS of mail for the root account. Can i get sendmail to put the returned emails in a file? so that i can check that file with php and delete those mails from my DB ? or is there a way to check the email when they enter it in a form (online versus their mailserver)? i already check for wrong email syntax, but that does not solve the problem... Sebastian -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[PHP] PHP sendmail
Hi, I would like to know if PHP on *nix system can use another SMTP mailer than sendmail. On WinNT is PHP indipendent on concrete mail-server. In our company we use Symantec's Mail-Gear on Linux (Slackware) and I'd like to setup PHP use it. Is it posible ? Thanks in advance, Juraj Hako System Administrator CAC LEASING Slovakia, a.s.
RE: [PHP] PHP sendmail
Yup, try qmail: www.qmail.org You need to adjust the setting in your php.ini as well. HTH Jon -Original Message- From: Juraj Hasko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 24 August 2001 14:19 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] PHP sendmail Hi, I would like to know if PHP on *nix system can use another SMTP mailer than sendmail. On WinNT is PHP indipendent on concrete mail-server. In our company we use Symantec's Mail-Gear on Linux (Slackware) and I'd like to setup PHP use it. Is it posible ? Thanks in advance, Juraj Hako System Administrator CAC LEASING Slovakia, a.s. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] PHP sendmail
Juraj Hasko wrote: Hi, I would like to know if PHP on *nix system can use another SMTP mailer than sendmail. On WinNT is PHP indipendent on concrete mail-server. In our company we use Symantec's Mail-Gear on Linux (Slackware) and I'd like to setup PHP use it. Is it posible ? http://www.php.net/manual/en/configuration.php#ini.sendmail-path -- Pavel a.k.a. Papi -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [PHP] PHP sendmail
Mail-Gear hasn't sendmail wrapper. Juraj Juraj Hasko wrote: Hi, I would like to know if PHP on *nix system can use another SMTP mailer than sendmail. On WinNT is PHP indipendent on concrete mail-server. In our company we use Symantec's Mail-Gear on Linux (Slackware) and I'd like to setup PHP use it. Is it posible ? http://www.php.net/manual/en/configuration.php#ini.sendmail-path -- Pavel a.k.a. Papi
Re: [PHP] PHP sendmail
Juraj Hasko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message 007c01c12ca3$c2ae51a0$ec01db0a@HASKO">news:007c01c12ca3$c2ae51a0$ec01db0a@HASKO... Mail-Gear hasn't sendmail wrapper. How about nullmailer? It has sendmail wrapper and could send message to any smtp or qmqp servers. http://untroubled.org/nullmailer/ -- Yasuo Ohgaki -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
