[wplug] Sendmail configuration

[Vance Kochenderfer]

Patrick Wagstrom <patrick at wagstrom.net> wrote:
> 
> Deepan wrote:
> > I am using sendmail via php mail function to send
> > emails. However few servers reject my mails with
> > the error 'Sender address rejected: Domain not
> > found', since mails from my server are sent as
> > email at localhost.localdomain. How do I change this
> > to a valid domain name ? We only own a public IP.
> > we dont really have a domain name, is it possible
> > to use IP ? 
> 
> Your best bet is to register a domain, set it up so the mail is done by 
> google apps for domains, and send the mail through there.  You can have a 
> small program queue up messages and then send them through the IMAP 
> interface.

Many registrars (even the cheap ones) include one or more
mailboxes with your domain registration which will allow you to
SMTP through their mailservers.

If your needs are modest, this may be more straightforward than
going through Google Apps.

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