#18798 [Opn->Csd]: Mail doesn't sent to "Mary <mary@example.com>" this format

ID: 18798 Updated by: kalowsky@php.net Reported By: karel@publihost.com -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Windows 2k Server SP2 PHP Version: 4.3.0-dev New Comment: This bug has been fixed in CVS. You can grab a snapshot of the CVS version at http://snaps.php.net/. In case this was a documentation problem, the fix will show up soon at http://www.php.net/manual/. In case this was a PHP.net website problem, the change will show up on the PHP.net site and on the mirror sites. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-08-11 08:15:25] mfischer@php.net This is a limitation of the mail() command. Adresses in the form of "Something <someone@somewhere.com>" are NOT support by the mail() command. The technical issue is that mail() does not parsing and while tlaking to the MTA it simple puts the email addresse in '<' and '>' brackets which will then look something like "<Karel <karel@publihost.com>>" which of course doesn't work. You have a two options to me knowledge: 1) trim down the $to field to the user@host.tld part and use the From: custom header 2) Try if the imap_mail() command works for you, afaik it does email address parsing. Reclassifying as documentation problem for mail() on win32. The page should also mention imap_mail(). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-08-08 08:33:11] karel@publihost.com The problem remains I installed the latest snap: - php4-win32-latest.zip - 08-Aug-2002 03:26 5.3M If you like I can give you ftp-access to the server. Then you can try the mail routine yourself. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-08-08 08:25:40] sander@php.net Sorry, should have said that earlier: please try a _non_ STABLE snapshot. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-08-08 08:05:11] karel@publihost.com I installed the snap (php4-win32-STABLE-latest.zip - 08-Aug-2002 01:23 4.6M), but the problem remain. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-08-08 06:15:01] sander@php.net Can you test the latest snapshot from http://snaps.php.net, this might have been fixed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/18798 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=18798&edit=1