[cobalt-users] problem with sendmail and php

[Christian Damm <list1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi all!

i finally got my ".htaccess problem" fixed (after turning on the .htaccess 
checks in apache the server extremely slowed down) - it was my fault -
a php include (simple standard include) in the code made trouble in 
conjunction with .htaccess (dont know why till now, just fixed the code and 
it worked - i only mention it if someone else gets the same prob in the 
future).

i still got some probs:
sendmail in conjuntion with php is not working.....i edited my php.ini file 
and configured the path to sendmail - but i still cant send mail out of my
php forms. another point is that i dont want to turn on sendmail because i 
have two other mailservers here in the company i want to use for mail-
relaying from the cobalt. anyway, i turned on sendmail and it still was not 
working.....i always thougt that you dont need a listening sendmail demon on
 port 25 and 110 to send mail out to internet hosts (isnt 
/usr/sbin/sendmail as a standalone shell-command enough?)

someone got experience with sendmail and php?
do i need to turn on sendmail (in the cobalt admin interface)? - or is it 
enough to set the path to sendmail in the php.ini file?
isnt there a simple smtp-server-relay option (like in the windows versions 
of the php.ini file?)
do i need to setup local sendmail users in order to relay mail via a 
webform to other hosts?


anyone could give me some info?

thanks in advance guys!