I changed the IP of Exim, but what about cgi/php scripts?

[noimad1]

I successfully changed the IP address in the exim.conf and exim_outgoing.conf files and that seems to work ok.

However, it seems like mail sent through cgi and php scripts still goes out over the old IP address. Did I miss something, or is this even possible to change?

 

[mctDarren]

Scripts normally use Sendmail, which I believe always uses the main server IP.

 

[noimad1]

Scripts normally use Sendmail, which I believe always uses the main server IP.

Ok, would there be any way possible to change the IP address that sendmail uses?

 

[mctDarren]

Hmm, now that I think on this - cPanel usually has Exim take over sendmail, so that might not be the problem at all... Weird...

Does your server's hostname still resolve to the old IP? Look for a "primary_hostname=" line in your exim.conf maybe, and see what it resolves to...

 

[noimad1]

Hmm, now that I think on this - cPanel usually has Exim take over sendmail, so that might not be the problem at all... Weird...

Does your server's hostname still resolve to the old IP? Look for a "primary_hostname=" line in your exim.conf maybe, and see what it resolves to...

I'm not seeing a "primary_hostname=" in the exim.conf file..? I do see one in the exim_outgoing.cnf file, but it is blank and commented out?

My host name does still resolve to the old IP address because I was just wanting to change the mail IP address, and not the shared IP address itself?

 

[mctDarren]

Hm, very weird if it's sending out over your new IP for other accounts, but scripts are not. Might want to put in a support ticket or wait for Chirpy or someone more familiar with the Exim process as a whole to comment. Sorry! I've never run into this one before. But I was under the assumption that it used the hostname to send out mail for everyone...

 

[noimad1]

Ok, maybe I'm smoking something or I'm just loosing it. I just did some more tests and the scripts are sending out using the new IP....

 

[mctDarren]

Thought that was odd.. glad to see it's working for you.