[support] Mail relay

[Larry Garfield]

Drupal allows you to substitute in your own mail backend.  You can write your 
own backend that sends direct SMTP requests to your company mail server.

Note: I have never attempted to do so myself, so I have no idea how much work 
it is. :-)  I know the devel module does offer that functionality, so I 
suggest looking at the devel module and at the drupal_mail() function to see 
how it works.  I'm afraid I can't offer more detailed advice than that.

On Wednesday 26 March 2008, Tony Yarusso wrote:
> The guy who maintains our network with me is concerned about having open
> mail ports in the firewall for web (http) servers.  Therefore, we would
> rather have one dedicated mail server machine that would handle everything,
> rather than letting things like Drupal mail out via PHP.  How would I go
> about setting up Drupal to delegate / relay this task through another
> server?


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"If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of 
exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, 
which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to 
himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession 
of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it."  -- Thomas 
Jefferson