LOL Thanks all for your responses. I think I'm on the right track-though I may postpone further action until setting things up on my public server.
O.K. at the risk of over-extending my welcome, let me ask another silly question: What's the story behind the "adult swims" at a church in Barre? Ron _____ From: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Keith Deterling Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2020 9:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Mail Transfer Agent (MTA)? The configuration file for sendmail has been likened to "an explosion in a punctuation factory." For RHEL 7, they switched from Sendmail to Postfix. Keith Deterling [email protected] Advisory IT Specialist IBM Systems - MFG IT Infrastructure Services Essex, Junction, VT 05242 - Bldg. 975 - 2K0521 Tie-Line 8-446-3535 or (802) 769-3535 From: Ron Lawrence <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 04/29/2020 04:34 PM Subject: [EXTERNAL] Mail Transfer Agent (MTA)? Sent by: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts <[email protected]> _____ Hi folks, Tell me if posting question like this is out of bounds. I'm still relatively new to Linux-but I'm managing my own servers. I'm running Debian 9 and working in PHP. The application I'm working on needs to be able to send emails. PHP requires an MTA to be installed for its mail() function to work. I've installed SendMail, but I'm getting lost in what documentation I have found for configuration. I'm wondering what people are using for an MTA and how you are solving the problem of mail servers junking your emails (because they don't trust the source). My thought here is to use one of my email providers (Comcast, GoDaddy, or Gmail) for the SMTP service. But that means configuring the MTA to do that. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Ron Lawrence Publishers' Assistant <http://pubassist.com> http://pubassist.com ph: 800-310-8716
