Congrats! You've taken the first step on a very long path. ;)
> On May 11, 2020, at 10:10 AM, Ron Lawrence <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I just wanted to follow up with a big THANK YOU for all of the positive
> responses I got to my question about an MTA. I especially want to thank Ken
> D’Ambrosio for helping me through the process. I hate to say it, but the
> resolution was basically in the documentation. The problem was (as is often
> the case) I didn’t have the documentation. In the beginning, I didn’t even
> know what to look for.
>
> I wound up installing Postfix, which took care of some problems that Sendmail
> was having with name resolution. And the documentation (in this case) turned
> out to be pretty good, which is not always my experience.
>
> I have another meeting tonight (local politics), but I look forward to
> meeting you folks soon.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ron Lawrence
> From: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts [mailto:[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Ron Lawrence
> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2020 9:50 AM
> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Mail Transfer Agent (MTA)?
>
> 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]
> <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Keith Deterling
> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2020 9:08 AM
> To: [email protected] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]>
>
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>
> From: Ron Lawrence <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>>
> To: [email protected] <mailto:[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]
> <mailto:[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
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