For a Windows server, how does one configure MediaWiki's PHP to use its
own PHP.INI file instead of the server's? The sources of the question is
how to allow MediaWiki to send emails from an address other than than
the server administrator's address configured in its own PHP.INI file?
Here is the message the server administrator sent me:
"As for the email issue - I've not worked that out just yet. So far PHP
scripts can compose and send emails but they are mailed with the
administrator's address as this is hardcoded in the INI - there is
however a way to set the "email from" smtp header on a per email basis
using the mail command within PHP - it all depends on how the script is
written. If the script does not take advantage of this, emails will come
from postmaster(a)email-host.XXXXXXXXX.com
<mailto:postmaster@email-host.compcoind.com>. I've not worked out how to
let individual sites set their own PHP.INI file just yet. It may not be
possible with the setup we have and may prove to be a security risk in
the long run."