email piping - NOT cPanel

[yabado]

I do not use any of the conventional "Server" types and want to know how to use email piping under those circumstances.

 

The manual only has directions for setting it up in cPanel

[generic]

what do you use?

[MACscr]

no, those fwders will work fine with any mail server.

[yabado]

I am not sure that is correct. I have never see where you could forward to a script. I can only forward to email accounts on my email server (Communigate Pro).

[yabado]

what do you use?

 

There is not a "server control panel" for the xServe. I probably would not use one if there was.

 

I do everything the old fashioned way, in the terminal

[MACscr]

so you get an error if you try to use a path intead of an email address?

[yabado]

Macscr,

 

Even if I wanted it to work, it would not. My email server is a completely different machine than my web, ftp or mysql servers. Forwarding to a local path simply will not work.

[MACscr]

does the same server that you run your mail server have a web server as well? I am running whmcs on one server and my mail server on another and its working just fine. Thats why im asking these questions as i have already done it. I do though, have apache running on the same physical server as my mail server, so i am able to run a few files that are needed to reference the whmcs db on a different server.

[yabado]

OK, did not think of that angle. I could run Apache on the email server, or at least have php installed as a command line tool to handle the piping.

 

Did you just place a duplicate of your whmcs folder on the email server or just the necessary files for the pipe to work?

[MACscr]

just the necessary files. I think matt made a list somewhere of what files are needed. Just search the forums. Might want to add me as an author as it was one of my posts.

 

Make sure you remember to make your whmcs db on the other server accessible by the mail server.

 

I use this little test script to make sure its connecting ok to the other db.

 

<?php

     require_once 'configuration.php';

     // Connecting, selecting database
     $link = mysql_connect($db_host, $db_username, $db_password) or die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
     echo 'Connected successfully:

';
     mysql_select_db($db_name) or die('Could not access database');

?>