exim + php mail function, wrong return path

nobody · **Joined:** Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:52 pm **Posts:** 348

Hey guys.

I have a joomla site which has the following issue.
When an email is sent from the joomla mail form the recipient sees Return-Path: <apache@server.hostname.com>.
Now I have the feeling this has to do with the box and not with joomla since this doesn't happen in another box.

I've found many describing the same issue but still haven't found a solution to it. Has anyone encountered the same issue ?

Thanks

faris · **Joined:** Thu Dec 09, 2004 11:19 am **Posts:** 1846

in php.ini:

Code:

sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i -f address@domain.tld

You can also add it to a vhost.conf (php_admin_value)

However, if the script uses its own smtp server/connects directly to a socket, then this won't make any difference. In such cases there would always be an option to change who the email is from.

Faris.

nobody · **Joined:** Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:52 pm **Posts:** 348

faris wrote:

in php.ini:

Code:

sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i -f address@domain.tld

You can also add it to a vhost.conf (php_admin_value)

However, if the script uses its own smtp server/connects directly to a socket, then this won't make any difference. In such cases there would always be an option to change who the email is from.

Faris.

Ok after lots of hours and a lot of nerves I found out how to solve the issue.

Both -f address@domain.tld and (php_admin_value) did not solvethe problem !
Neither around 20 other workarounds I found on the net.

So I removed exim and I installed postfix.

It worked right away like a charm with the -f flag and the email set to it.
Did some testing and up to know it works perfectly.

Postfix is legendary.

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