How do I send mail to my google apps mail server from the webserver with the same name (using sendmail) on a shared hosting environment?

Question

I'm experiencing a similar issue to the one raised in this question.

sendmail (via PHP) will send an email unless its to an address with the same domain as the server its on.

I understand this is because the sendmail is trying to send the email locally.

I have limited control over the server, as its a shared hosting environment. I'm pretty much limited to configuring php.ini and modifying the php. Within these limitations is there a way I can tell sendmail to do what I want?

Failing that, the only other option I see is to use SMTP and have google send the email, which seemed overkill, given that sendmail is there ready to be used.

Answer 1

I have the same EXACT issue! Please someone email/reply to me as well if a solution is posted. my email is [email protected]

Answer 2

Not that I know of, but if you can, contact your host and ask them to remove your domain name from:

/etc/mail/local-host-names

If you use qmail, remove your domain from

/var/qmail/control/virtualdomains

(locations may vary)