Set the return path for e-mail sent by a web server

By Benjamin Melançon
on 10 Jan
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#ServerAdmin webmaster@host.some_domain.com

this is set for us, but apache process (Linux user www-data) still is sending e-mail as www-data@domain.name

nada:
Won't send email
http://drupal.org/node/103092

help with drupal sending mail
http://drupal.org/node/11570

I think I've identified our problem:

php mail() set from address

http://us2.php.net/mail

problem is a bad return-path of www-data@domain.name

http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/RFC/822/28.htm

There's a module for that...

http://drupal.org/project/returnpath

 
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