On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 15:41, Ohmikron wrote:
> When I first saw this thread I thought it was old news since I heard about
> port 25 blocking quite some time ago. But I think they have put in some
> active filtering of outgoing mail now. Previously I could still send email
> to any address using a PHP script on Apache by including the following in my
> virtual host definition:
> 
> php_admin_value sendmail_path "/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i -f name@domain.xxx"
> 
> -where domain.xxx was a valid domain name. It was handy for testing PHP
> programs that automatically send email. But now after a couple of hours of
> testing and fiddle-dicking around I find I can only send to my own cox email
> address using this method. One alternative I discovered is to send to an
> account on the same host as Apache/PHP. Lucky for me I don't have any
> spamish intentions, or I'd be shut down. A little annoying, but if it cuts
> down on spam I guess I can live with it. But after using SpamCop for a while
> I've noticed that a lot of spam comes from China, Eastern Europe and other
> crud-holes like that. Cox is just covering their own butt.
> --Phil M.
> 
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the solution however has been gone over and over on this list - it is to
change the configuration of the sendmail.mc file.

Craig