PHP through SMTP on 2nd server

[usadler]

I have 2 servers.
One for websites and one for email, both are RedHat.

I want to be able to use php mail() to submit emails from the webserver to the mail server.

i have tried different settings, but most of the settings i find refer to Windows boxes and not unix.

what settings do i have to change to make this work. The php.ini is set with:
SMTP = 'mail.server.com', but as i read this only is valid on windows installations and not unix.

any help is highly apreciated...

[MarkR]

You should run a local MTA on the web server, and configure it to use your mail server as a "smart host" - that's to say, relay all messages via it.

Then you'll need to configure your mail relay to accept messages for relaying via the web server. This should be easy - just read the MTA documentation.

Mark