SMTP/ Email need help!

[Compumaniac12]

i run my own server, i installed apache/php/mysql and i write most of my own scripts and put them up on the server.
my biggest problem is that theres no good way to send emails from a home server like this. Sendmail isnt happy with php/apache and my 2 attempts at smtp have gotten me nowhere.

Heres the best luck ive had so far:
i settup a program called postsmtp and then attached my phpbb forums to it. when i send mail through the forums its registered by the program, but then the program cant find hotmail.com or whatever to send it to. I have both port 53 and 25 forwarded to the server, but still no luck.

Does anyone have any experiance with smtp or sendmail from a home-server? I would love to get this working.

[AdRock]

Don't quote me but I think you need an SMTP server. I tried doing something similar at college and it didn't work cos I wasn't connected to the SMTP server even thought they had one

[Compumaniac12]

uhh, you mean a seperate SMTP server... ill look into my router/isp

sweet!, even though your post was incredible vauge, thanks i found an SMTP server on my isp.