BoxerFlat4

Got Apache running on my local machine (localhost), but trying to figure out how to get it to send out e-mails, preferably as SMTP. Does Apache include SMTP modules, or do I need to install it as a module ? Are there open source modules for this ?

Help! .....

stevencotton

Apache is a webserver, it doesn't send mails What are you trying to do? Usually CGI scripts send mails.

Steve.

BoxerFlat4

Got Apache running on my local machine, and my web shop software (PHP) sends out confirmation e-mails. Runs fine on my public server machine, but when testing on my local machine, I get errors. Basically, the PHP code is sending the e-mail out, but with nothing to actually 'post' the message, the function call fails.

My assumpion was I needed to setup Apache as a SMTP server, so it could deal with the e-mail. Or am I wrong ?

Trotty

Nearly...

You can specify a machine running an SMTP server but Apache on its own wont do that

BoxerFlat4

Righto - so, how do I setup a SMTP server ? I assume I can have it run along side Apache....

stevem2k

Which os / flavour (if linux) ?

If it's linux , qmail is supposed to be good. Sendmail will be overkill for a testing situation.


steve



[Edited by stevem2k - 3/22/2003 11:45:33 PM]

BoxerFlat4

Sorry, should've mentioned ....

Win XP (Home), Running Apache 2.0.44, PHP 4.3.1

stevem2k

No personal experience, but here are a couple of lightweight smtp servers for windows

http://www.postcast.com/html/download.asp
http://download.com.com/3000-2165-95...ml?tag=lst-0-2

Steve

BoxerFlat4

Cheers mate, PostCast did the job for me, got it working in 5 minutes.

Ta !