#35013 [Opn->Fbk]: bad passing of header to get sender's email address

ID: 35013 Updated by: sniper@php.net Reported By: php-louis at steelbytes dot com -Status: Open +Status: Feedback Bug Type: Mail related Operating System: win2003 PHP Version: 5.0.5 New Comment: Please try using this CVS snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php5-latest.tar.gz For Windows: http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5-win32-latest.zip Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-10-29 03:46:45] php-louis at steelbytes dot com Description: ------------ when mail() is passing the headers to get the sender's email address and the headers are similar to the following: To: blah From: user@domain.tld AnotherHeader: value it retrieves " user@domain.tld" as the senders email, instead of "user@domain.tld". this is a problem when sending email to yahoo, as the MAIL FROM smtp command that mail() generates looks like the following: MAIL FROM:< user@domain.tld> instead of MAIL FROM:<user@domain.tld> or MAIL FROM: <user@domain.tld> and yahoo rejects. Reproduce code: --------------- mail('test@yahoo.com','test subject','test body','From: user@myserver.tld'); Expected result: ---------------- yahoo rejects with the following 501 Syntax error in parameters or arguments Actual result: -------------- n/a ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=35013&edit=1