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[matt at atopia.net]

So what exactly are you asking?  Either way you're sending mail. You could relay through another smtp server if you want, but that may only have a few small benefits. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Konstantin K <kkrutoi at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:01:31 
To: NYPHP Talk<talk at lists.nyphp.org>
Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] run my own mail server or use a 3rd party service?

Sorry, I meant to say postfix, not procmail.

I will be hosting the site on multiple dedicated servers.

Again, the emails that need to go out will be stored in various tables
in a database and be processed by scripts that will use the PHP
Swiftmailer package, which uses the postfix MTA.

The emails are all to external domains (like yahoo, gmail, hotmail, etc).

Konstantin



On Friday, December 25, 2009, Leam Hall <leam at reuel.net> wrote:
> A mail server is to deal with programs that can't do mail on their own. Doesn't the PHP mail function or the PEAR::mail deal with sending mail without sendmail? Procmail is to sort through mail you as a user receive.
>
> I'm a little confused on whether or not you have a full domain hosted or are you setting up your own server? Sorry, it's been a long day.
>
> If you are setting up your server to host your own domain, then you can add the mail receipt in the set up. If you're on a hosted domain do they provide a control panel like CPanel or similar to receive mail? Or can you require that users provide off-domain e-mail addresses?
>
> Again, I'm a bit muddled from the day.
>
> Leam
>
>
> Konstantin K wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> Another kinda off-topic question but could be relevant to some people here
> and I know there are a bunch of really smart people on this list, so why
> not?
>
> My site will need to be able to email their users upon certain actions, like
> most site:
> - user registration (for account activation)
> - change email address
> - forgot password
> - alerts
>
> These emails are NOT FOR MARKETING PURPOSES.
>
> IMPORTANT: All emails that need to be sent out will be stored in various
> tables in a database from which they will be processed and subsequently
> removed.
>
> I think I have only two real options:
>
> 1. Run my own my mail servers, using procmail and swiftmailer php package.
>
> 2. Use a third-party service to mail my users.
>
> I would prefer #2 since that would mean I wouldn't have to:
> - run and manage another box.
> - won't have to really worry about configuration/optimization of mail
> server.
> - won't have to worry about my emails landing in SPAM directory (or will I
> still have that problem?)
>
>
> My question is: what 3rd party services are out there that can do this?
>
>
> Thanks for any advice and Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
>
> Konstantin
>
>
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