[rt-users] SMTP for email

[sebsua at gmail.com]

On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 2:42 AM, Emmanuel Lacour
<elacour at easter-eggs.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 03:25:11PM -0300, sebsua at gmail.com wrote:
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> Is there any way we could use our external qmail server to handle RT
>> outgoing emails, instead of the default internal sendmailpipe?
>> If so, setup details will be appreciated.
>>
>
> From RT_Config.pm
>
> C<$MailCommand> defines which method RT will use to try to send mail.
> We know that 'sendmailpipe' works fairly well.  If 'sendmailpipe'
> doesn't work well for you, try 'sendmail'.  Other options are 'smtp'
> or 'qmail'.

I saw that line, but were to but the SMTP IP, account details, etc.-?
Remember we are on 3.6.10

> so you can use smtp. THought, it can be less reliable if your smtp
> server went unavailable. Also, as you propably set up your RT on an Unix
> box, this is very recommended to have a small smtp sendmail compatible
> on it to handle system emails. So why not use it for you're outgoing
> emails and set your qmail as a relayhost for this smtp?

We prefer to have smtp centralized.